Kathmandu: One hundred and thirty kilograms of marijuana was found in a car that met with an accident at zero mile of Dhangadhimai Municipality-10, Siraha along the east-west highway. Information Officer at the District Police Office, Siraha, Birendra Kumar Paswan, said the accident took place when a truck (Na 3 Kha 7591) heading towards west from east hit the car (Ba 8 Cha 9963) on Saturday. Police found this quantity of cannabis in the car and seized it. Car driver has been absconding and police have arrested the truck driver.
Farming, possessing and using cannabis has been criminalized in Nepal though voices are being raised in parliament that the government should lift the ban on it. The government of Nepal in 2023 had announced that it would carry out a feasibility study for farming of marijuana for medicinal purposes.
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