A team of Armed Police Force confiscated a huge cache of marijuana from Narakatiya in Harinagar Rural Municipality-5 of Sunsari district. A mobile team deployed from Basantapur BoP of the Armed Police Force seized marijuana at around 10 pm on Monday. Armed Police Force Province 1 Chief DIG Kamal Giri said that a team led by Assistant Police Inspector Suman Ranabhat confiscated the 258 kg marijuana yesterday.

The team seized the marijuana from a Scorpio Jeep bearing Indian registration number plate BR 1 AK 7100 heading towards Ghuski from Bhutaha.

The jeep driver, however, fled the scene, police said. Police have handed over the seized marijuana to the District Police Office, Sunsari.