Acting on intelligence that a truck carrying ganja from Nepal would enter Uttar Pradesh through Sonauli, DRI officers in Gorakhpur ran a coordinated surveillance operation with teams in Lucknow, Patna and Varanasi during 17-18 October.[1][2] After more than four hours of tracking, they stopped the truck on the road between Gorakhpur and Kushinagar.[1][2]

The search exposed specially fabricated cavities built into the truck to hide the contraband from Nepal.[1][2] Officers seized the full 591.3 kg consignment together with the truck under the NDPS Act, 1985.[1][2] The reports name no arrests.[1][2]