Police have arrested three people including a woman on charge of selling and smuggling marijuana from Dewangunj in Sunsari on Tuesday.

According to the police, Shankar Rajbanshi and Tulsiram Chaudhary of Ikrahi in Biratnagar Metropolitan City-4 and Sunsari Meheta alias Sundari of Dewangunj-6, Sunsari were arrested along with 750 grams of marijuana.

Acting on a tip off, the police conducted a check when they arrested Rajbanshi and Chaudhary as they were heading towards Biratnagar with the contraband hidden inside a motorcycle (Ko 13 Pa 9995) they were travelling in.

Upon interrogation, the arrested duo gave the name of Meheta, wife of Laxmi Meheta of Dewangunj, as their supplier. The police raided the house of Meheta following the information where they found another 2kg stash of the hashish and arrested Sunari, informed DSP Narayan Chimoriya.