A joint team of the Armed Police Force and Nepal Police seized 397 kilograms of cannabis abandoned in 17 bags in bushes at Mahadeva, Dakneshwori Municipality-5, Saptari, on 8 August 2025. No one had been arrested, and the cannabis was handed over for investigation.
Police recovered approximately 400 kilograms of cannabis from Mahadeva in
Saptari, in a seizure by a joint team of the Armed Police Force’s proposed
Border Security Unit and Nepal Police.[1]The cannabis was found hidden in
bushes in an abandoned state in Dakaneshwari Municipality-5, Mahadeva.[1]On
23 Shrawan, a joint team of the proposed Border Security Company at Pato and
Nepal Police seized 397 kilograms of ganja from Dakneshwori Municipality-5,
Mahadeva, in Saptari district.[2]
On Friday, 8 August, a joint team of the Armed Police Force Nepal’s proposed
Border Security Company and the Nepal Police recovered approximately 397 kg of
marijuana.[3]The marijuana was found abandoned in the bushes near the Pokhair
Canal at Mahadeva, Dakneshwori Municipality-5, in Saptari district.[3]Acting
on a special tip-off, a joint security team led by Armed Police Deputy
Superintendent Narendra Singh Dhami found the marijuana packed in 17 bags.[3]Armed Police Force spokesperson Shailendra Thapa said the contraband was
concealed in 17 pokas, or bags, and that security forces recovered 397 kilograms
of cannabis.[1]
Authorities were investigating those involved in the illegal storage and
possible trafficking of the seized cannabis, and no arrests had been made so
far.[1]The recovered marijuana was handed over to the concerned authorities
for necessary legal action, according to DSP Shailendra Thapa, assistant
spokesperson.[3]
Photos and video
Cannabis seized in Saptari, published with the Ratopati report of the Mahadeva seizure.Photo details
Ratopati's opening line says approximately 400 kilograms, while the same report, the Armed Police Force and myRepublica give 397 kilograms; 397 is the figure used.
Ratopati calls Shailendra Thapa a spokesperson; myRepublica calls him an assistant spokesperson.
No suspect was named, and no charge or court outcome was reported.
A separate seizure of about 32 kilograms of marijuana the same day in Pachrauta Municipality-9, Bara, is a different event and is not included here.
The English reports date the seizure only as Friday in stories published on 8 August 2025; the Armed Police Force notice dates it 23 Shrawan 2082.
Police in Jhapa recovered 557 kg of ganja from 13 sacks left in a private tea garden at Sirjana Chowk in Mechinagar Municipality-5. The garden owner is reported to be abroad, the reports name no arrested suspect, and police said further investigation was under way.
Police in Udayapur recovered 2,820.5 kg of marijuana packed in 85 sacks hidden in a field at Tilitle in Belaka Municipality-7. No suspects were found at the site and the consignment is held at the Area Police Office in Rampur while police investigate.
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.
An Armed Police Force team from the Nocha border outpost stopped a vegetable-laden pickup bound for India at Ramchowk, Jahada-4, around 11 PM on Saturday 10 October 2026. The driver fled; hidden among chayote and cabbage were 19 packets holding 570 kg of marijuana.
