Police have arrested five persons and seized more than two quintals of cannabis from two vehicles in Dharan.
Acting on a tip-off, a police team from the District Police Office, Sunsari apprehended them with contraband weighing over 209 kilos. Police also seized two Scorpio vehicles loaded with cannabis.
During the operation to intercept the alleged smugglers, police fired two rounds into the air, according to DPO’s information officer Chandra Bahadur Khadka.
The arrested are Ramsagar Kumar Yadav, 24 of Dakneshwori Municipality-10, Saptari; Rajendra Prasad Mandal, 45, of Rajgadh Rural Municipality-1, Saptari; Santosh Thakur, 38, of Bihar, India; Raj Kumar Shah, 59, of Chhinnamasta Rural Municipality-6, and Amrit Bishunkhe, 21, of Dharan Submetropolis-11.
Information officer Khadka said that the five suspects, along with contraband and vehicles, have been taken to the Area Police, Dharan for further investigation.(RSS)
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