363 kg of marijuana found in a hidden truck compartment in Parsa
Armed Police Force officers at Thori in Parsa district stopped a truck on 12 December 2022 and found about 363 kg of marijuana packed in 22 cartons behind a false bottom. The driver ran off, and the drug and the truck were handed to the Thori area police office for investigation.
Armed Police Force officers stopped a truck carrying about 363 kg of marijuana
at Thutekhola in Thori Rural Municipality-3, Parsa district.[1]The Border
Outpost at Thori acted on a tip-off passed on by the headquarters of Armed
Police Force Nepal No. 2 Chhinnamasta Battalion in Mahottari.[1]The marijuana
was packed in 22 cartons and hidden behind a false bottom in the truck,
registration Na 4 Kha 6555, which was heading from Hetauda in Makwanpur toward
Bijayabasti in Parsa.[2]
The driver fled the scene as soon as he saw the officers, and no arrest was
reported.[2]The marijuana and the truck were handed over to the Area Police
Office at Thori for investigation.[2]
The seizure was made on the 26th day of the Nepali month of Mangsir in the year
2079, which corresponds to 12 December 2022.[1]
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Photo published with the report on the 363 kg marijuana seizure in Parsa, listed here only as the article's lead image.Photo details
The Annapurna Express gives no date for the seizure; 12 December 2022 comes from the Pardafas report's Nepali date (Mangsir 26, 2079), while 13 December is the publication date of both accounts.
The area police office received the case after the stop, so which agency led the investigation is not stated.
No arrest, charge or court outcome was reported, and the driver's identity was not published.
The weight is given as 363 kg by one outlet and about 363 kg by the other, and no laboratory confirmation of the substance was reported.
The Annapurna Express text renders cartons as 'cartoons'.
The article's lead photo has no caption or credit, so it is not confirmed to show this seizure.
Only one English-language account and one Nepali-language account, both from 13 December 2022, could be opened; no police statement was found.
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