Police confiscated a huge cache of hashish hidden in a truck (Na 3 Kha 6252) that was heading to Mugling from Dhading on Tuesday.

Police also held the driver Kumar Gole of Namtar VDC-9 in Makawanpur for investigation. 

A team from the Investigation Bureau of Mid Region and the Chitwan District Police Office acting on a tip off seized 282 kilograms of hashish packed in 282 different sacks, Superintendent of Police Basanta Kunwar. 

He said police were searching for the smugglers. 

Meanwhile, police arrested three persons with 25 kilograms of marijuana hidden in a passenger vehicle that was heading to Kathmandu from Birgunj. The arrestees have been identified as Jibaraj Bulan of Hetauda Municipality-28 in Makawanpur, Dipak Lama of Handikhola VDC and the vehicle driver Ishwor Aryal of Hetauda Municipality-29. RSS