Police arrested a 30-year-old man and seized 1,454.87 kg of marijuana during an early-morning operation in Inaruwa Municipality-10, Sunsari.[1]

A District Police Office team acting on a tip-off recovered the marijuana at around 3am on Saturday from Jalpapur Chamrahi Tole.[1] Police said they arrested 30-year-old Ram Bahadur Yadav of Bhokraha Narsingh Rural Municipality-5 while he was allegedly loading the marijuana into a Tata pickup truck, registration Ko 1 Cha 8279.[1]

The seized marijuana, the pickup and the arrested suspect were brought to the District Police Office in Sunsari for further investigation, according to Superintendent of Police Pushparaj Malla.[1] Police said investigations are continuing to determine where the marijuana originated and where it was being transported.[1]