A total of 25 police personnel were involved in the two-day joint operation led by Police Inspector Gyanendra Phuyal of Area Police Office, Katari and APF police inspector Lal Bahadur Chand.[break]
The action was carried out recently in Ward Nos. 1, 4 and 5 and 6 of Rupatar VDC and in the Thanagaon area, said Police Inspector at District Police Office, Udayapur, Krishna Poudel.
Superintendent of Police at the same office, Mahendra Kumar Pokharel, said that the latest action was the third phase of hemp destroying campaign taking part in the district. "Nearly thousand ropani of hemp cultivation has already been destroyed in the first and second phase", he said.
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