Birgunj district, home to hashish and other marijuana, is known as one of the most prominent farming districts for such illegal products. Drug Abuse Control Law Implementation Team (DACLIT) is now heavily controlling the supply and is intercepting such activities. Due to the heavy patrolling some farmers have stopped farming such illegal crops.

Reports show that eleven kg of hashish, three kg of brown sugar and six grams of heroin has been confiscated during the past nine months of this year in Birgunj district only.

DACLIT has moved forward in its campaign by implementing legal action against drugs suppliers after capturing a total of 730 kg drugs.

Of this amount, twenty-one kg was hashish, out of which six kg was caught in Bara district and fifteen kg was discovered in Makawanpur district during this fiscal year.

Jagarnath Gautam, inspector and in charge of Drug Abuse Control Law Implementation Team, said that they captured the maximum amount of hashish, eighty-three kg, in Makawanpur district and the least amount in Sarlahi district in current fiscal uear.

In the fiscal year of 2057/58, they had confiscated 1514 kg of hashish, 107 kg of marijuana and 420 CC TD.

He further said that they have taken the responsibility of controlling rampant drugs abuse in Narayani and Janakpur zones for several years now and have been successfully taking action against suppliers.