Police in Garuda, Rautahat, seized 133 kilograms of marijuana from a private car on Tuesday.[1] Garuda police found 13 bags of marijuana in a Brezza car travelling from Chandranigahapur towards Gaur, the district headquarters, the chief of the Area Police Office in Garuda said.[1] Police had stepped up checks after a tip-off that a red Brezza was carrying marijuana towards Gaur.[1] The driver fled and is still being sought, and police said they were investigating the case.[1]

According to the Area Police Office in Garuda, the vehicle sped off when officers tried to stop it, and it was later found abandoned about 10 feet below the road in a grassy area west of Jhajh Bridge.[2] Officers found 13 plastic-wrapped packages hidden in the car’s trunk, and DSP Rajan Karki said they held material resembling marijuana weighing 133 kilograms in total.[2] Karki said the driver abandoned the vehicle in roadside bushland and escaped through nearby sugarcane fields, and that police impounded the car.[2] The Kathmandu Post reported that the car was found about 20 feet below the roadside and was lifted out with a crane, as police investigated who owned it.[3] The Kathmandu Post reported that the car overturned near Jhajhkhola in ward 5 of Garuda Municipality and that the driver fled the scene.[3]

Kantipur reported that the car overturned during the chase and that police suspected the marijuana may have come from the hills of Makwanpur, an area known for cannabis growing.[4]

Republica reported that police retrieved the car with a crane and launched a search of the surrounding sugarcane fields.[5]