A joint team of the Anti-Narcotics Task Force and police arrested an alleged drug smuggler along the Indo-Nepal border on 26 April 2026.[1] The arrest took place near the Indo-Nepal border in Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh.[1] Bahraich Superintendent of Police Vishwajeet Srivastava said the ANTF had received a tip-off that 40-year-old Ismail of Jamunaha village in the Rupaideha area was smuggling narcotics from Nepal into India.[1]
The joint team raided a mobile repair shop on the road connecting Nepal to Chakiya village, detained Ismail and recovered 6.77 kg of charas from him.[1] Police estimated the seized charas was worth about Rs 1.50 crore in the international market.[1] During interrogation Ismail confessed to procuring the charas from Nepal’s Banke district and smuggling it into India for sale.[1]
A case was registered against the accused under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, with further legal action under way.[1] A second account of the same operation confirms that the ANTF-police team arrested Ismail on the Indo-Nepal border with 6.77 kg of charas valued at about Rs 1.50 crore.[2]
