Nepal police seize 2.6 tonnes of hashish in Makwanpur
Nepal police seized 2,640 kilograms of crude hashish packed in 88 plastic bags at Chalnakhel in Makwanpur district, described as the biggest hashish consignment ever caught in the country. Five men were arrested for collecting raw material from local farmers for a refinery supplying India and China.
🇳🇵 Chalnakhel, Setidevi, Makwanpur District · Nepal
Nepal police seized2,640 kilograms of crude hashish at Chalnakhel in Setidevi, Makwanpur district, in what the force called the biggest narcoticconsignment ever caught in the country.[1]Officers found the drug packed in 88 plastic bags and said it was worth millions in the local market, with a far higher value internationally.[1]
Five men were arrested during the operation: Hasta Bahadur Rumba, Tirtha Bahadur Rai, Bire Lama, Chandra Bahadur Gole and Kumar Lama.[1]Police described them as links in a network that collected raw material from farmers in Makwanpur and delivered it to a refinery in Chalnakhel, from where the hashish was planned to be exported to India and China.[1]
Months earlier a television station had broadcast a report on illegal hashish farming and processing in Makwanpur, including a closed school whose periphery was used for processing, and police had been monitoring the area since amid alleged negligence by local personnel.[1]
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