Indian Ambulance Used for Marijuana Smuggling Seized in Sunsari

Sunsari. Police have foiled marijuana smuggling being carried out using an Indian-numbered ambulance in Barahkshetra of Sunsari.

According to the District Police Office, Sunsari, two Indian citizens and the ambulance used for smuggling were taken under control with a large quantity of marijuana from Pultehgauda, Ward No. 2 of Barahkshetra Municipality. The police patrol team dispatched from the Inaruwa Area Police Office achieved this success.

On Tuesday evening at around 5 PM, the Indian ambulance with number BR 07 PC 4765, coming from Chatara towards Tehrathum, tried to flee upon seeing the police team. As the ambulance's movement appeared suspicious, the police team chased and took it under control. During a search inside the controlled ambulance, 148 kilograms of marijuana were found hidden in plastic sacks, the police stated.

Following the seizure of marijuana, police took into custody the ambulance driver, 18-year-old Dharmendra Kumar Yadav, residing in Birpur, Supaul district, Bihar state, India, and 21-year-old Mohammad Sadam from the same place, who was traveling in the ambulance. Both arrested individuals have been kept at the Mahendranagar Area Police Office with the seized marijuana and ambulance for necessary legal action.

Further investigation is underway against both of them under the Narcotics Control Act, informed Police Inspector Prakash Parajuli.