MORANG, June 28: Police arrested an individual along with over 15 quintals of illegal marijuana from Dhanpalthan, Morang, near the Nepal-India border area.
The arrested individual has been identified as Raj Kumar Singh, 30, a resident of Kamalpur, Dhanpalthan Rural Municipality-7.
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According to Gyanendra Bahadur Basnet, police spokesperson and deputy superintendent of police (DSP) of Morang, a total of 1,548 kg of illegal marijuana was seized from Singh’s shed on Thursday.
Under the leadership of Superintendent of Police (SP) Navraj Karki, chief of Morang police, the Police Station, Rangeli, seized the illegal marijuana on the basis of information that marijuana was stored in a shed on Singh's farm.
Police recovered 49 sacks of illegal marijuana concealed in the wheat chaff storage inside the shed.
DSP Basnet stated that it has yet to be determined whether the recovered marijuana was brought and stored by Singh himself. Basnet said, "It has not been disclosed who brought the marijuana from where and where he intended to take it. We have initiated an investigation. It is assumed that they store the marijuana in Nepal and smuggle it to India from here.”
Additionally, marijuana cultivation is prevalent in the hilly regions of Koshi Province. The produced marijuana is smuggled to India from Jhapa, Morang and Sunsari. Police said that the arrested Singh has been detained at the Police Station, Rangeli, Morang, for further investigation into the incident.
