Key Takeaways:
- Police seized 210kg of marijuana during an operation in Dharan
- Five suspects were arrested, including one Indian national
- Officers fired two warning shots after suspects allegedly attempted to flee
- Two Scorpio vehicles used to transport the drugs were confiscated
Police seized 210 kilograms of marijuana and arrested five people during a pre-dawn anti-narcotics operation in Dharan after suspects allegedly tried to flee, prompting officers to fire warning shots into the air.
The operation was carried out at Chyandanda in Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City-20 at around 3am on Monday after police received information that a group was loading marijuana into two vehicles.
According to police, officers from the Area Police Office in Dharan reached the site and attempted to apprehend the suspects. When the group allegedly tried to escape, police fired two warning rounds into the air before taking them into custody.
Authorities recovered eight bundles of marijuana weighing 210kg from two Scorpio vehicles, registered as Ba 1 Cha 5038 and Ko 1 Cha 8182, which were allegedly being used to transport the contraband.
The arrested individuals have been identified as Ramsagar Kumar Yadav, 24, of Saptari; Rajendra Prasad Mandal, 45, of Saptari; Santosh Thakur, 38, of Madhubani, Bihar, India; Rajkumar Shah, 59, of Saptari; and Amrit Bishungke, 21, of Dharan.
Police said Yadav and Shah were driving the two vehicles at the time of the operation.
The suspects, along with the seized marijuana and vehicles, have been taken to the Area Police Office in Dharan for further investigation. Authorities are examining the source and intended destination of the consignment as part of a wider narcotics probe.
