32-year-old Sikendra Sah of Jaleshwar Municipality-2, who was traveling in a car, was arrested while coming to Bardibas. In the evening of June 21, the police arrested him along with his car number 2 Ch 2124 at Bardibas Municipality-8 Ramanand Chowk. Police recovered 50 grams of brown sugar instead of chocolate inside his car.

Sah border Indian market from Saharghat to Bardibas has been opened by police investigation . He reached the Indian market on a scooty. On the way back, after the scooty broke down, he came to Jaleshwar with brown sugar in the car . He was caught while coming to Bardibas from Jaleshwar to go to his relative's house in Samsi.

The scooty used to bring brown sugar is still in India. It has been revealed that he made a 'deal' by bringing brown sugar to Bardibas, which he bought at the rate of 2,000 per gram in Nepal for 1 lakh rupees and selling it for 350,000 rupees. Brown sugar, which is available at a retail rate of 3,000 per gram in India, has been purchased by traders at a rate of 2,000, according to police investigations. According to the police involved in the investigation, brown sugar purchased in this way is sold at Bardibas for 3 to 5 thousand and delivered to Kathmandu for 7 to 10 thousand.

Sah is being investigated by the police in the area police office Bardibas. He started taking drugs 2 years ago. Gradually, he became a confidant of an Indian businessman known as Mama from Mahinathpur. Lately, he has been supplying brown sugar in Nepal. He was active as a porter.

While doing a small amount of business from Mahinathpur, he expanded his own network and left the smuggling route of Dhanusha Tinakauria. He started business in Mahottari a few months ago along with Rajabhai of Saharghat. According to Bardibas area police office, it was discovered during the investigation that Sah had sent brown sugar to Kathmandu by hiding it in sacks of rice along with retail sales in Jaleshwar.

He runs a gold and silver business in Jaleshwar. Under the guise of this, he expanded the drug trade from India to Kathmandu.

18 cases related to drugs in 11 months

On Thursday evening, among the 19 people who were detained at the Bardibas area police office, 16 people including Saha, who was arrested with brown sugar, were accused of drug cases.

The custody cell of the Bardibas area police office is small and due to the lack of sufficient evidence for investigation, the number of drug addicts and minors who are handed over to their parents is increasing day by day . Vikas Bam, Deputy Superintendent of Police of Bardibas District Police Office, said that those who are caught repeatedly taking drugs are kept in correctional centers.

Bardibas Police has registered 18 drug cases in the last 11 months. In just one month, 13 businessmen have been arrested in 9 cases. After Deputy Superintendent of Police Bikas Bam came as the Head of Area Police Office Bardibas, 7 drug dealers, 5 brown heroin dealers and 1 person with 17 bottles of other drugs were arrested from Bardibas.

Deputy Superintendent of Police Bam said that since it was not possible from Bardibas due to lack of manpower and resources, they are trying to control drug smuggling by giving information to Sindhuli Police. There is no place to keep the drug addicts who are arrested, Deputy Superintendent of Police Bam said, "Selling and consuming drugs in Bardibas has become the same thing." How many will be arrested? The pressure to release the arrested consumers is unbearable . I have started sending the addicts to the correctional center instead of keeping them in police custody.' He said that it is a challenge to break the drug network in Bardibas only through awareness and action.