On the night of October 5, 2025, police recovered 537 kilograms and 140 grams of marijuana from a paddy field in Koshi Rural Municipality-7, Sunsari. Acting on intelligence that the marijuana stored in the field near Bhantabari—a town bordering India—was being prepared for cross-border smuggling, a police team raided the location. During the operation, Dinesh Yadav, a 45-year-old local resident, was arrested. The sheer volume of the seized contraband indicated that this was not a petty trade but the work of an organized syndicate.
Seven months later, on May 12, 2026, another shocking incident of marijuana smuggling came to light in Dharan. This time, the contraband was discovered inside an ambulance. In Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City-13, police seized 440 kilograms of marijuana from an ambulance bearing the registration number Ko 1 Cha 7359. The ambulance was being operated by Budhasubba Diagnostic Center Pvt. Ltd., Dharan.
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