Five arrested with 210 kg marijuana in Dharan
Police arrested five people while about 210 kg of marijuana in eight sacks was being loaded into two Scorpio vehicles in Chyandanda, Dharan. Officers fired two rounds in the air as the group tried to flee before taking them into custody.
🇳🇵 Chyandanda, Dharan Sub-Metropolis-20, Sunsari · Nepal
- Arrested
- 5
- Cannabis
- 210 kg
Police arrested five people in Chyandanda, Dharan Sub-Metropolis-20, Sunsari,
while marijuana was being loaded into two Scorpio vehicles.[1][2] Officers fired
two rounds in the air and took the group under control as they tried to flee
with the marijuana.[1][2] Ram Sagar Kumar Yadav, 24, of Dakneshwori
Municipality-10, Saptari, was identified as the driver of the vehicle numbered
Ba.1 Cha 5038.[1] Rajendra Prasad Mandal, 45, of Rajgadh Rural Municipality-1,
Saptari, and Santosh Thakur, 38, of Madhubani district in Bihar province, India,
were also arrested.[1]
Rajkumar Shah, 59, of Chhinnamasta Rural Municipality-6, Saptari, was identified
as the driver of the vehicle numbered Ko.1 Cha 8182, and Amrit Bishunkhe, 21, of
Dharan Sub-Metropolis-11, Sunsari, was also arrested.[1] Acting on secret
information that marijuana was being loaded into Scorpio vehicles numbered Ba.1
Cha 5038 and Ko.1 Cha 8182 at approximately 3:00 AM that day, a police team
reached the location.[1]
Police found approximately 210 kg of marijuana kept in 8 sacks being loaded into
the two vehicles.[1][2] Police said further investigation into the incident was
under way.[1]
Sources
- Five Arrested in Dharan for Possessing 210kg of Marijuana. Ratopati, 2 November 2026.
- Police arrest five with 210 kg of marijuana after firing warning shots. OnlineKhabar English News, 2 November 2026.
Open questions the AI reported
- The incident date is taken as 2 November 2026 because the article says the 3:00 AM operation happened 'today' on its publication date; no separate incident date is given.
- Only one outlet account of this event was opened, so names, vehicle numbers and the 210 kg figure could not be corroborated.
- No charges, custody status beyond arrest, or court outcome were reported.
- No street value, cultivation source, or destination for the marijuana was reported.
- Whether the lead photograph on the source page depicts this seizure could not be established from the caption alone.
- The new source writes 'Ramasagar Kumar Yadav' and 'Amrit Bishungkhé' while the existing report writes 'Ram Sagar Kumar Yadav' and 'Amrit Bishunkhe', minor spelling/transliteration variations.
- The new source describes the 210 kg as packed in 'eight bundles' while the existing report says '8 sacks'.
- Whether the lead photograph on the Onlinekhabar page depicts this seizure could not be established because its caption and credit are empty in the supplied data, so no media entry is added.
