Nepali man arrested with 11.2 kg hashish at Raxaul bridge
A joint police and SSB team stopped an e-rickshaw on the Maitri Bridge between Birgunj and Raxaul on 3 October 2026 and recovered 11.246 kg of hashish in 22 packets. The carrier, a 39-year-old Birgunj resident, was handed to Haraiya police for action under the NDPS Act.
🇮🇳 Maitri Bridge, Raxaul, East Champaran, Bihar · India
Acting on a tip that a large quantity of drugs was being taken towards India, a joint team of police and the Sashastra Seema Bal under SDPO Manish Kumar Anand was deployed at the Maitri Bridge between Birgunj and Raxaul.[1][2][3]On Saturday evening the team stopped a suspicious e-rickshaw coming from Birgunj towards Raxaul and checked it.[1][2]
Inside the rickshaw the team found a sack holding 22 black packets of hashish weighing 11 kg and 246 grams.[1][2]The carrier was identified as 39-year-old Amar Chaudhary of Chhapkaiya in Birgunj Metropolitan City.[1][2]The SSB handed Chaudhary and the recovered hashish to Haraiya police station in Raxaul for legal action.[1][2]
Police said preliminary findings indicated the drugs had been brought from places in Makwanpur district and were being taken towards India through Bara and Parsa.[2]The report notes that the smuggling attempt through the bridge raised questions about the checking system on the Nepali side.[2]
Police and the SSB tightened checks on the Maitri Bridge and along the border on Saturday evening.[4]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Cannabis
11.246 kg
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Hashish
Activity
Smuggling
Setting
Land border
Route
Nepal → India
Sources
Ratopatiratopati.comNEमितेरी पुलमा ११ किलोभन्दा बढी चरेससहित नेपाली नागरिक पक्राउ
No independent second outlet could be found; both cited versions come from Ratopati.
The source identifies the Maitri Bridge but does not publish an exact interception coordinate; the map pin is a Raxaul locality reference.
Whether the arrested man was remanded or charged in court was not reported.
Birgunj City gives Chaudhary's address as Chhapkaiya ward 9 in Birgunj Metropolitan City, while the other accounts name only Chhapkaiya without a ward.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Birgunj City: The SSB said Chaudhary was handed to Haraiya police station in Raxaul with the hashish and the e-rickshaw, and Nepali reports give his address as Chhapkaiya in Birgunj Metropolitan City-9.
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