Armed police seize 152 kg of ganja at the Siraha border
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.
🇳🇵 Jhajpatti, Nawrajpur rural municipality-5, Siraha · Nepal
- Cannabis
- 152.16 kg
Armed Police Force officers from the Navrajpur border post and the force’s No. 7 battalion
headquarters in Siraha found nine sacks of ganja at Jhajpatti in Nawrajpur rural municipality-5, on
the border with India, at about midnight on 29 October 2026.[1][2] A seven-member motorcycle patrol
led by an armed police sub-inspector saw people carrying the sacks on their heads towards India; the
carriers dropped them and fled when they saw the patrol.[1]
The cannabis was packed in black plastic inside the sacks and weighed 152 kg 160 g including the
plastic, the force said.[1] Superintendent Suman Jung Thapa said the seizure was being processed
for handover to the relevant agency for legal action.[1][2]
Sources
- सिरहाको झाझपट्टीबाट १५२ किलो गाँजा बरामद. Online Khabar, 29 October 2026. In Nepali.
- सिरहाको सीमावर्ती क्षेत्रबाट १५२ किलो गाँजा बरामद. Nepal Samaj, 29 October 2026. In Nepali.
Open questions the AI reported
- No one was arrested; the people carrying the sacks dropped them and fled, and the reports give no description of them.
- Online Khabar gives the weight with the black plastic wrapping included; the weight of the cannabis alone was not published.
- Neither report says where the ganja was grown or who was to receive it in India.