Two Indians arrested with four quintals of marijuana

CHITWAN: The District Police Office, Chitwan has arrested two Indian nationals with 396-kg marijuana.

The arrestees have been identified as Anil Giri (45) of Baijai Thana Sambal district of Uttar Pradesh, India and Rajpal Singh (37) of Kailadevi Thana Apawati Kutawapur village.

The Nepal Police made them public on Tuesday evening.

Spokesperson of the District Police Office, DSP Bijaya Raj Pandit shared that the Indian nationals were arrested with marijuana from Anptari, Bharatpur Metropolitan City-1.

The police confiscated the banned substance while being smuggled to Narayangadh from Muglin in a truck with Indian number plate (JH 02 W 9631).

A police team headed by SP Rameshwor Karki recovered 28 packets of marijuana from the cabin of the truck.

Further investigation into the case is underway, police said.