Ambulance abandoned with 450 kg of marijuana in Sunsari
Police stopped an ambulance at Tarahara in Itahari on the night of 22 September 2026 and found 450 kg of marijuana inside after the driver fled. The vehicle and drugs were impounded and no arrests were reported.
At about 11:30 PM on Tuesday night, police tried to stop an ambulance
belonging to Triveni Cultural Group, registration Ba. 2 Cha 9573, near the
Panipiya forest in Tarahara, Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City-20.[1]The driver
fled after the stop attempt, and police pursued the vehicle until it was found
abandoned.[1][2]
Inside, officers found 450 kg of marijuana, described as packed in plastic
bundles and, in the roundup account, in 15 sacks.[1][2]Police took the
ambulance and the drugs into custody at the Area Police Office in Itahari, and
the reports name no arrests.[1][2]
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The impounded ambulance and the seized marijuana bundlesPhoto details
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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.
An Armed Police Force team from the Nocha border outpost stopped a vegetable-laden pickup bound for India at Ramchowk, Jahada-4, around 11 PM on Saturday 10 October 2026. The driver fled; hidden among chayote and cabbage were 19 packets holding 570 kg of marijuana.
