JANAKPURDHAM/ BARA, March 14: On March 12, the police seized goods that had been smuggled in from Birgunj Metropolitan Municipality-16, Inaruwa. According to the Parsa Police, the goods include different types of clothes worth Rs 0.2 million imported from India by evading the customs duty and the goods were handed over to the Birgunj Customs on March 13 for further action.

JANAKPURDHAM/ BARA, August 12: Last Wednesday at 8:30PM, a car with Indian registration number BR 01 BN 47 loaded with sacks of clothes that had been smuggled through the Madar customs checkpoint area hit a cyclist on the Siraha-Choharwa road section. The driver left the car on the road and ran away after Dinesh Sada and Yasin Dhami of Siraha Municipality-22 who were riding the bicycle were injured. After reaching the accident site and investigating, a police team from the Bishnupur Police Station recovered three sacks of clothes inside the car. The car with the recovered clothes was handed over to the District Customs Office Madar on Thursday through the District Police Office, Siraha.