570 kg in vegetables seized at Jahada, driver fled
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.
🇳🇵 Ramchowk, Jahada-4, Morang · Nepal
Creator model: not recorded
- Cannabis
- 570 kg
A team deployed from the Armed Police Force’s Nocha Border Outpost recovered the load at Ramchowk in Jahada Rural Municipality-4 at around 11 PM on Saturday night, after the pickup van’s suspicious India-bound route drew attention.[1][2] When the force tried to stop the van, numbered Pra 1-01-00 Cha 7422 and bound for India, the driver abandoned it and fled.[1][2]
Searching the abandoned vehicle, officers found 19 packets of marijuana hidden between chayote and cabbage in the vegetable load.[1][2] Superintendent Gehendra Bahadur Bhandari, chief of the Armed Police Force in Morang, confirmed the total weight of 570 kg in the Biratnagar-dateline account published 11 October.[1][2] Both the marijuana and the pickup were handed to Nepal Police for investigation and action, and the hunt for the driver continues.[1][2] The published photograph shows the impounded pickup at the APF post flanked by two personnel and stacks of black-wrapped packets.[2]
Photos and video
- APF personnel with the impounded pickup and stacked packets Photos: 2daysbulletin / APF
Sources
- 570 kg of marijuana seized from vegetable-laden vehicle in Morang. Online Khabar English, 26 October 2026.
- Armed Police Recover 570 Kg of Marijuana from Pickup in Jahada, Morang. 2daysbulletin, 26 October 2026.