Police arrested five people in Dharan, Sunsari district, early on Monday, November 2, after finding them loading approximately 210 kilograms of cannabis into two Scorpio SUVs in the Chyandanda area of Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City-20, according to police reporting carried by Nepal news outlets.

Source: Daily Informiq (Nepal)

A police team was dispatched to the spot at around 3 a.m. on Monday following a tip-off that cannabis was being loaded into the two vehicles, bearing registration numbers Ba 1 Cha 5038 and Ko 1 Cha 8182. Police said about 210 kg of cannabis, packed in eight bundles, was being loaded into the SUVs.

Police fired two warning shots into the air to bring the suspects under control after they allegedly attempted to flee during the operation, the reports said. Both SUVs were seized along with the cannabis.

Source: 2 Days Bulletin (Nepal)

Those arrested were named in police-facing reporting as Ramsagar Kumar Yadav, 24, of Dakneshwori Municipality-10 in Saptari, who was driving vehicle Ba 1 Cha 5038; Rajendra Prasad Mandal, 45, of Rajgadh Rural Municipality-1, Saptari; Santosh Thakur, 38, of Madhubani district in India's Bihar state; Rajkumar Shah, 59, of Chhinnamasta Rural Municipality-6, Saptari, who was driving vehicle Ko 1 Cha 8182; and Amrit Bishunkhe, 21, of Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City-11, Sunsari. All five are alleged suspects in custody; no court finding has been reported.

Police said all five are being held for further investigation. Awaaz Punjab is reporting the arrests and the seizure as police claims at this stage; the origin and intended destination of the cannabis had not been established in the reports available at publication.