DHARAN, June 17: Three people have been apprehended with 2,100 kilogrammes of cannabis from the Dharan-Tarahara road in Itahari sub-metropolis in Sunsari.
Police found them with a huge cache of contraband this morning as they were travelling in a truck bearing the number plate Na.5 Kha 6116.
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Inside the vehicle that was bound to Itahari from Dharan, the police confiscated 70 bags of cannabis hidden among the sacks loaded with vegetables: cabbage and potatoes, according to Superintendent of Police Suman Kumar Timalsina.
The arrested are driver Rajendra Rai, 32, from Shahidbhumi rural municipality-6, Dhankuta, Sunil Rai, 33 and Suman Rai, 34 from Barahakshetra municipality-9, Sunsari.
The Itahari Police Office has launched an investigation into the case under the Narcotics Act, SP Timalsina confirmed.
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