Kharibari, 12th February: Kharibari police arrested four people in two separate operations in a single night over drug trafficking incidents. On Wednesday night, a Nepalese drug peddler, identified as Rohit Rai, was caught trying to smuggle drugs via the Mechi River in Dangibasti along the Indo-Nepal border in Kharibari. Police recovered 102 grams of brown sugar from his possession.
Reportedly, Rohit Rai, a resident of Bhadrapur, Nepal, was apprehended while returning to India after collecting drugs from Nepal. Five days earlier, another Nepalese drug peddler had been arrested at the same location.