Police personnel and marijuana smugglers have exchanged fire at Shankarsaraiya VDC in Parsa district on Sunday night.

According to Spokesperson at the District Police Office, Parsa, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Hobendra Bogati, police opened two rounds of bullet in response after marijuana smugglers opened fire targeting police personnel.

The police personnel were hiding to seize marijuana after knowing the smuggler were importing a huge quantity of marijuana to Parsa from Makawanpur via Parsa Wildlife Reserve. No human casualty was reported in the incident, it is learnt.

Police, however, seized one quintal of marijuana from the incident site. Bogati said that identity of smugglers has been identified and search for them was underway. RSS