194 kg of hashish found in car compartments at Sonauli on Nepal border
Police searching a car at Sonauli in Siddharthnagar district found 194 kg of hashish hidden in secret compartments, which the district police chief called one of the biggest seizures ever made; security was stepped up along the porous Indo-Nepal border.
🇮🇳 Sonauli, Siddharthnagar district, Uttar Pradesh · India
Police searching a car at Sonauli on the Indo-Nepal border found secret compartments holding one
quintal and 94 kilograms of hashish, about two quintals in total.[1]Siddharthnagar
Superintendent of Police R. P. Chaturvedi said it was one of the biggest seizures ever made and
put its international-market value at about $508,582.[1]
Police said they had stepped up security along the 1,747 km porous border India shares with
Nepal, using surprise checks and checkpoints at known crossings and other transit points.[1]
Case data
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