182 kg of marijuana found unattended in Katari forest
A police patrol found 182 kg of marijuana in nine sacks hidden in bushes in a Katari forest on the evening of 21 September 2026. The drugs were unattended and were moved to the Area Police Office in Katari.
🇳🇵 Shikhar Community Forest, Katari-6, Udayapur · Nepal
At about 7:30 PM on Monday, a patrol team from the Area Police Office in
Katari recovered 182 kg of marijuana from the forest area of the Shikhar
Community Forest Users Group.[1][2]The drugs had been packed in nine sacks
and concealed in bushes near an open area of the forest.[1]
Police said the marijuana was found unattended, and it was kept at the Area
Police Office in Katari while an investigation proceeds.[1]The reports name
no suspects and give no origin or destination for the consignment.[1][2]
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Sacks of seized marijuana at the forest site in KatariPhoto details
The marijuana was unattended, so no arrests were reported for this seizure and the owners are unknown.
The second outlet's headline also mentions three arrests, but its body attributes those to separate prescription-drug cases in Dhankuta, not to this seizure.
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