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3 people arrested for trying to smuggle hashish to India

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Press Trust of India Kathmandu
Last Updated : Jun 25 2016 | 7:22 PM IST
Nepali police have arrested three persons for trying to smuggle 20 kilogrammes of hashish to India in a southern town near the Indian border.
The three persons were arrested from Nayabuspark area in Birgunj, a southern Nepal town bordering Raxaul of India on charges of smuggling, a police official said.
A senior police official said that the three people were arrested along with the contraband drug brought from Makwanpur and were heading towards Raxaul.
Nepal has become a transit point for international drug smugglers with more and more cases of smuggling being reported recently.

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First Published: Jun 25 2016 | 7:22 PM IST

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