225 kg of marijuana seized on a Dharan forest path; one smuggler arrested
Police in Dharan, Sunsari, intercepted porters smuggling marijuana through a forest footpath on Thursday, 6 March 2025, and seized 225 kg of the drug, firing three warning shots to catch one of them. Forty-three-year-old Hari Kumar Rai of Dhankuta was arrested and taken into custody as police search for the others who fled.
🇳🇵 Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City, Sunsari, Koshi Province · Nepal
Acting on a tip-off about illegal drug smuggling, a police team from the Area
Police Office Dharan, the Ward Police Office and the temporary police post in
Jorsakhuwa was deployed to arrest the smugglers.[1]On Thursday morning the
team intercepted porters carrying marijuana through an inner forest footpath,
smuggling it from Bishnupaduka to Railway, Dharan-17, via Chimphule Khola in
Dharan-20.[1]When police tried to stop and check them, the porters abandoned
their loads and fled into the jungle.[1]
During the pursuit, police fired three warning shots into the air and
apprehended 43-year-old Hari Kumar Rai from Dhankuta.[1]Officers confiscated
nine plastic bags holding a total of 230 kg of marijuana, of which 225 kg was
without plastic packaging, Police Inspector Diwas Kunwar of the Area Police
Office Dharan said.[1]
The arrestee is in police custody for further investigation while officers are
still trying to locate the suspects who fled.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Cannabis
225 kg
Agencies
Area Police Office Dharan; Ward Police Office; Temporary Police Post Jorsakhuwa
The total of nine plastic bags was 230 kg, of which 225 kg was without plastic packaging; this report records the 225 kg figure the headline and body lead with.
No date beyond Thursday is published; Thursday before Friday 7 March 2025 (the publication date) is taken as the incident date, 6 March 2025.
The number of porters who fled is not given, and no charges, court step or value estimate for the marijuana was reported.
The marijuana was seized in a forest footpath in Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City, and no more precise location is given.
Police in Saptari recovered 231.8 kg of marijuana from a pit dug in the middle of the Balan River on the Siraha border, acting on a tip-off. No one was found at the site, and the investigation is continuing.
Police in Jhapa recovered 557 kg of ganja from 13 sacks left in a private tea garden at Sirjana Chowk in Mechinagar Municipality-5. The garden owner is reported to be abroad, the reports name no arrested suspect, and police said further investigation was under way.
Police in Udayapur recovered 2,820.5 kg of marijuana packed in 85 sacks hidden in a field at Tilitle in Belaka Municipality-7. No suspects were found at the site and the consignment is held at the Area Police Office in Rampur while police investigate.
Armed Police Force officers found nine sacks of ganja being carried towards the Indian border at Jhajpatti in Siraha around midnight on 29 October 2026. The carriers fled, leaving 152.16 kg of cannabis, plastic wrapping included, which was handed over for legal action.
