BARA, MAY 26

Police have managed to seize huge cache of marijuana in Jeetpursimara sub-metropolitan City-1 of the district on Wednesday.

The cannabis was found in an oil tanker parked at a garage. The driver and the co-driver were apprehended by the police while they were attempting to unload the item.

Among those arrested by the police, the vehicle driver, 34, hails from Bardibas Munbicipality-8 in Mahottari district while the co-driver, 21, is a resident of Khairahani Municipality-2 in Chitwan.

According to the police, the arrestees had fainted due to lack of oxygen while attempting to unload cannabis from the oil chamber of the vehicle and are receiving treatment at the Hospital.

Further investigation into the matter is ongoing, stated the police.