News:2026-09-05/Trafficking/police-and-apf-seize-151-kg-of-marijuana-abandoned-in-a-paddy-field-at-pachrauta-in-bara

News record5 September 2026Trafficking

Police and APF seize 151 kg of marijuana abandoned in a paddy field at Pachrauta in Bara

Ratopati reported that at around 10:30 pm on Saturday 5 September 2026 a joint team from Srinagar Bairiya Police Post and the Armed Police Force's Benouli border post, lying in wait about 300 metres east of Benouli Chowk in Pachrauta Municipality-7, Bara, saw eight or nine people carrying bags along a paddy-field path. According to District Police Office Bara spokesperson DSP Min Bahadur Ghale, the group fled when the team gave chase and abandoned nine bundles of marijuana weighing 151 kg in all. The marijuana was taken to the Area Police Office in Simraungadh, and police said they were searching for those who fled.

Read the source report

More news from Nepal

• 26 Sep 2026Police find 398 kg of marijuana in a crashed vehicle in Biratnagar after its driver flees
• 22 Sep 2026Police find about 1,504 kg of marijuana in 41 sacks in a truck abandoned at Bhanjyang in Ilam
• 22 Sep 2026Police seize 450 kg of marijuana from an abandoned ambulance near Tarahara in Itahari
• 21 Sep 2026Police recover 182 kg of marijuana in nine sacks from forest at Katari in Udayapur
• 20 Sep 2026Police arrest two and recover 20 quintals of marijuana from two homes in Dakneshwori, Saptari
• 20 Sep 2026Police fire warning shots and arrest three with 30 kg of marijuana in Paterwa Sugauli, Parsa

maintained by landrace.wiki editors · page history

Date5 Sep 2026

CategoryTrafficking

CountryNepal

State / provinceMadhesh Province

District / areaBara

LocalityPachrauta

AgencyNepal Police; Armed Police Force

Coordinates27.03, 85.00

Coordinates are approximate.

Source report

2026-09-05 Trafficking Police and APF seize 151 kg of marijuana abandoned in a paddy field at Pachrauta in Bara Ratopati reported that at around 10:30 pm on Saturday 5 September 2026 a joint team from Srinagar Bairiya Police Post and the Armed Police Force's Benouli border post, lying in wait about 300 metres east of Benouli Chowk in Pachrauta Municipality-7, Bara, saw eight or nine people carrying bags along a paddy-field path. According to District Police Office Bara spokesperson DSP Min Bahadur Ghale, the group fled when the team gave chase and abandoned nine bundles of marijuana weighing 151 kg in all. The marijuana was taken to the Area Police Office in Simraungadh, and police said they were searching for those who fled. https://english.ratopati.com/story/78004/151-kg-of-marijuana-seized-in-bara Nepal Madhesh Province Bara Pachrauta 27° 1' 48.00" N, 85° 0' 0.00" E Nepal Police; Armed Police Force