During this period, the police seized a total of 8 kilograms and 500 grams of marijuana, 16 grams and 4 milligrams of brown sugar, 4 kilograms and 31 grams of hashish, and 30,517 tramadol tablets.
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Due to the open border with India, drug smuggling is increasing in Parsa along with drug users. Parsa police have reported that 31 drug smugglers were arrested in the month of Baisakh alone. From which, the police have recovered a total of 8 kg 400 grams of marijuana, 16 grams 4 milligrams of brown sugar, 4 kg 31 grams of hashish and 30,517 tramadol tablets.
Last Saturday night, Parsa police arrested two youths with drugs that looked like brown heroin. The police recovered 8 grams 40 milligrams of drugs from Rahul Singh, 20, of Birgunj-32 Paraswa, and Nandan Gupta, 19, of Bara Jitpursimara-7 Khala Tole, who were coming from Bhediahi towards Milan Chowk on a Splendor motorcycle bearing the number Na 39 Pa 2532.
Earlier on April 25, Parsa police had arrested four drug smugglers at Shankarcharya Gate checkpost in Birgunj-16 while they were coming from India to Nepal. 27-year-old Bikash Kumar Sah and 23-year-old Kabin Parajuli were arrested with 600 milligrams of brown heroin, and 20-year-old Sagar Ghimire and 23-year-old Pooja Jimba were arrested with 5 grams of brown heroin and 0.25 milligrams of white heroin.
The next day, police had arrested 29-year-old Anjan Thapa and 19-year-old Romash Bamjan with 3 grams 37 milligrams of brown heroin, and 37-year-old Raju Baniya and 52-year-old Alihadan Miya with 53 banned tablets. Parsa police has been taking small-scale drug smugglers under control from this area on a daily basis since launching the 'Drug Abuser Search and Reform Campaign'.
Nearly half of the prisoners serving their sentences in Birgunj jail are on drug charges. Police data shows that the number of women arrested with drugs has been increasing in recent times. Parsa Police Spokesperson DSP Hari Bahadur Basnet said that it is becoming difficult to solve the problem due to the increasing tendency of drug addicts to smuggle and consume drugs from India. 'Those who are addicted to drugs also try to go to India to consume drugs and bring them under any circumstances,' he said. 'The only mechanism to identify and arrest such people is the information system.'
The open border with India has become the main reason for drug smuggling. As smuggling networks remain active in the border area, drug use is increasing among a large number of the young generation. This is having a serious impact on the social structure and health, says social activist Prakash Tharu. “The drug problem in the border area is becoming serious and it has posed a major challenge to society,” he said. “Although the police are continuously trying to control it, a comprehensive strategy is needed to solve the problem.”
DSP Basnet said that the open border and the lack of a scientific system for identifying drugs have also added challenges to controlling smuggling. He said that since banned drugs in Nepal are easily available in the Indian market, it is very difficult to control them in Nepal.
