Armed Police Force Seizes Smuggled Goods and Auto in Sarlahi

Sarlahi. The Armed Police Force in Sarlahi has seized an auto-rickshaw along with grocery items lacking valid invoices and customs declaration documents. The vehicle was intercepted in the Pokhariya area of Chandranagar Rural Municipality-4 by a 10-member team led by Assistant Sub-Inspector Prakash Pandey from the Border Security Company Headquarters in Malangwa, and a 7-member mobile patrol team led by Assistant Sub-Inspector Pushkar Rimal from BOP Sakhuawa.

Police reported that the auto-rickshaw, bearing license plate Ja 1 Ha 4451, was found carrying grocery items without proper documentation. The driver, identified as approximately 30-year-old Babi Mahato from Bayalbas, Ishworpur Municipality-6, Sarlahi, has been taken into custody.

Security sources allege that Mahato has long been involved in smuggling groceries and other goods into Nepal through the Sakhuawa and Parsa border points in the Tribhuwannagar area of Sarlahi.

Furthermore, a security official stated that after his goods were seized, Mahato threatened the personnel, claiming he would use his influence at the Ministry of Home Affairs to have them transferred, record videos to frame them, and cause them to lose their jobs.

According to security personnel, Mahato is also accused of behaving abusively in public spaces, demanding that he be allowed to bring in smuggled goods without interference.

The seized auto-rickshaw and goods have been sent to the Sarlahi Customs Office in Malangwa for further action. The customs office has valued the auto-rickshaw at Rs 350,000 and the grocery items at Rs 127,125, totaling Rs 477,125 in seized assets.