SSB seizes 9.7 kg of ganja as smuggler flees across Nepal border in Supaul
Soldiers of the SSB's 45th Battalion at Birpur seized about 9.7 kg of ganja from a sack abandoned near border pillar 201 by the Benali Patti border post in Supaul district, Bihar. The smuggler dropped the sack and ran back into Nepal, and the ganja was handed to Birpur police.
🇮🇳 Near Benali Patti village and border pillar 201, Benali Patti border post, Birpur, Supaul district, Bihar · India
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Cannabis
9.7 kg
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45th Battalion Sashastra Seema Bal, Birpur police station
Soldiers of the 45th Battalion of the Sashastra Seema Bal, posted at Birpur,
seized about 9.7 kg of ganja in a patrol on the India-Nepal border in Supaul
district, Bihar.[1][2]
On Sunday, 8 November, at about 7:40 am, the operation party of the Benali Patti
border post was on a routine patrol near Benali Patti village and border pillar
number 201.[1][2]The soldiers saw a man carrying a sack entering Indian
territory from Nepal in a hurry and chased him when his movements looked
suspicious.[1]Seeing the soldiers coming, the man dropped the sack at the
spot and ran back into Nepal; the account names no arrest.[1][2]
A search of the abandoned sack found about 9.7 kg of ganja.[3]SSB completed
the paperwork for the seizure and handed the ganja to Birpur police station in
Supaul district for further legal action.[1][2]The operation was led by
assistant sub-inspector (general duty) T. Sewang Morup with other troops.[3][2]
Gaurav Singh, commandant of the 45th Battalion SSB at Birpur, said the force was
fully committed to curbing drug smuggling and other illegal activity in the
border areas.[1]
Photos and video
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