Bhojpur police destroy 139,000 cannabis plants and arrest 14
Bhojpur District Police said on 21 June 2026 that a fiscal-year anti-cannabis campaign had uprooted 130,485 mature plants and 8,550 saplings, arrested 14 people and destroyed 1,556 kg of processed marijuana. Three were accused of cultivation and sale and 11 of transport and storage.
🇳🇵 Bhojpur district · Nepal
- Arrested
- 14
- Charged
- 14
- Plants destroyed
- 139,035
- Cannabis
- 1,556 kg
District Police Chief Raju Lama told a programme in Pouwadungma Rural Municipality on 21 June 2026
that Bhojpur’s anti-drug campaign in fiscal year 2082/83 had destroyed 130,485 mature cannabis
plants and 8,550 saplings in hidden plantations across the district.[1]
Officers also seized 1,556 kilograms of processed marijuana and arrested 14 people on drug charges,
Lama said.[1] Three were accused of producing, packing and selling cannabis and 11 of helping
move and store it; all were handed to the courts.[2]
Lama said police would keep uprooting illegal plots, with particular attention to Hatuwagadhi and
Aamchok rural municipalities, and urged farmers toward legal crops.[2] A district awareness drive
was due to run until 26 June ahead of the International Day Against Drug Abuse.[1]
Sources
- Over 139,000 cannabis plants destroyed in Bhojpur anti-drug drive; 14 arrested. NepalNews, 21 June 2026.
- भोजपुरमा गाँजा खेतीविरुद्ध कडाइ : एक वर्षमा पाँच मुद्दा, १४ जना पक्राउ. eHimalaya Times, 18 July 2026. In Nepali. Archived copy.
Open questions the AI reported
- A July 2026 district press conference gave 139,135 uprooted plants, 10 more than the June tally of mature plants plus saplings.
- The 14 arrestees were not named in the English and Nepali reports opened.