In a significant drug bust, Sindhuli police seized a staggering 615 kilograms of marijuana from Hariharpurgadhi rural municipality on Sunday morning.
The operation unfolded in Chisapani, located within Ward 7 of the municipality. Officers from the Kapilakot Area Police Office apprehended 46-year-old Kumar Pakhrin, a resident of Udayapur Katari-6, in possession of illegal drugs.
Sindhuli Police Chief, SP Govindaraj Kafle, confirmed the seizure and the arrest. He added that both the confiscated marijuana and Pakhrin himself are currently under investigation.
This incident marks another significant development in Sindhuli’s ongoing battle against drug trafficking. SP Kafle pointed out that the district has witnessed a consistent rise in large-scale marijuana seizures over the past three years.