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Opium and Smack Seized Along India-Nepal Border, Two Arrested
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News18•07-10-2026, 20:00
Opium and Smack Seized Along India-Nepal Border, Two Arrested
- •Police and Sashastra Seema Bal teams seized 1.290 kilograms of opium and 25.9 grams of smack during separate operations along the India-Nepal border.
- •A 38-year-old Nepali woman named Manisha Budha Thoki was arrested at the Rupaidiha check post with opium valued at around Rs 15 lakh.
- •A 31-year-old man named Subash Kumar Tharu was arrested near Balaigaon with smack valued at around Rs 12 lakh in the international market.
- •An SSB-trained sniffer dog named Meechu assisted the security teams in carrying out the successful drug seizures.
- •The operations were conducted amidst heightened surveillance and checking along the border to curb illegal drug smuggling activities.
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Police and Sashastra Seema Bal teams seized 1.290 kilograms of opium and 25.9 grams of smack during separate operations along the India-Nepal international border.
Police arrested a 38-year-old Nepali woman named Manisha Budha Thoki from Rukum district during a check at the Rupaidiha check post, recovering opium, a mobile phone, and currency from her.
Cases were registered against the suspects under sections 8/18(C) and 8/21 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act at the Rupaidiha and Motipur police stations respectively.
