Bara, September 21: Police in Bara have arrested an Indian national with 7.35 grams of a powdery substance suspected to be brown sugar, allegedly concealed under the seat of his bicycle.
The arrested man has been identified as around 40-year-old Dukhi Sah, a resident of Birtatol in Nakardehi Panchayat-2, Motihari district, India.
According to the District Police Office, Bara, a joint police team from the Area Police Office, Prasauni, and the Musaharwa Police Post stopped Sah at around 9:30 a.m. on Sunday while he was entering Nepal from India on a bicycle.
During the search, police found 7.35 grams of a powdery substance suspected to be brown sugar wrapped in plastic and hidden beneath the bicycle seat.
Sah was taken into custody and a case was registered against him under the Narcotic Drugs Act.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Min Bahadur Ghale, information officer at the District Police Office, Bara, said that the Bara District Court had granted a five-day extension for further investigation. Police are continuing their investigation through the Area Police Office, Prasauni.
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