Saptari, October 14
Sabir Hussain, chair of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) in Surunga Municipality, Saptari, has been arrested in connection with a drug case.
Hussain was arrested by a team from the Area Police Office in Lahan at the party office in Kadamaha Bazaar, Ward 4 of Surunga Municipality.
DSP Ramesh Bahadur Pal, information officer and spokesperson for the Siraha District Police Office, confirmed Hussain’s arrest, saying he had been absconding in connection with a drug case.
According to police, 130 kilograms of marijuana were recovered from a car following a road accident on the East-West Highway at Zeromile in Dhangadhimai Municipality-10 on December 14, 2024.
The accident occurred when a truck bearing registration number Na 3 Kha 7591, travelling from east to west, hit a car bearing registration number Ba 8 Cha 9963 that was crossing the highway from the north.
Police said a search of the car after the accident led to the recovery of marijuana packed in five bundles.
Following the incident, police took the car, the truck and the truck driver into custody, while the car driver fled.
Police said Hussain was arrested in connection with the drug case related to the incident.
