DRI-STF raid nets 5.14 kg Nepal charas, two held
After five days of surveillance along the Indo-Nepal border, a joint DRI Muzaffarpur-Bihar STF team raided a Raxaul hideout in the early hours of Saturday 10 October 2026. Ten packets of Nepal-origin charas weighing 5.14 kg and worth Rs 5.14 crore were recovered; the suspected mastermind and one aide bound for Indore were arrested under the NDPS Act.
🇮🇳 Raxaul, East Champaran, Bihar · India
Creator model: not recorded
- Arrested
- 2
- Cannabis
- 5.1 kg
- Value (official estimate)
- INR 51,400,000
The Muzaffarpur unit of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, working with the Bihar Special Task Force, ran a joint operation against a racket moving Nepal-origin charas into India for onward transport to Indore in Madhya Pradesh.[1][2] After five days of continuous surveillance in remote areas along the Indo-Nepal border, the team got a specific input on Friday about a charas store in Raxaul and the presence of the alleged mastermind.[1]
A coordinated search in the early hours of Saturday recovered ten packets of charas, a cannabis-based narcotic, weighing 5.14 kg and valued at about Rs 5.14 crore.[1] Two men including the suspected mastermind were arrested on the spot under the NDPS Act, officials said the same day.[1][2] A later analysis of Bihar’s drug routes cites the case as an example of the state serving as a corridor for narcotics moving between regions.[2] The bust was announced on Saturday evening.[1]
Sources
- DRI Busts Major Nepal-Origin Charas Smuggling Ring In Raxaul. Rediff / PTI, 26 October 2026.
- A decade after liquor ban, Bihar faces a new drug question, what the numbers reveal. 7Globe / Times of India, 27 October 2026.