Dharan (Sunsari), June 17: Three people have been apprehended with 2,100 kilogrammes of cannabis from the Dharan-Tarahara road in Itahari sub-metropolis in Sunsari.
Police found them with a huge cache of contraband this morning as they were travelling in a truck bearing the number plate Na.5 Kha 6116.
Inside from the vehicle that was bound to Itahari from Dharan, the police confiscated 70 bags of cannabis hidden among the sacks loaded with vegetables: cabbage and potatoes, according to Superintendent of Police Suman Kumar Timalsina.
The arrested are driver Rajendra Rai, 32, from Shahidbhumi rural municipality-6, Dhankuta, Sunil Rai, 33 and Suman Rai, 34 from Barahakshetra municipality-9, Sunsari.
The Itahari Police Office has launched an investigation into the case under the Narcotics Act, SP Timalsina confirmed.
