KATHMANDU, April 16 -- The police have detained one individual with about 23 kg of hashish-like substance in Bardia.

Armed Police Force Nepal Border Out Post (BOP) in Futaha, operating in the border area of Badhaiyatal rural municipality-2, made the arrest at around 4 o'clock in the morning.

During the inspection, about 23 kg of narcotic hashish-like substance in 39 packets wrapped in plastic was recovered from two bags with him.

Bam Bahadur Pun, 34, of Sanobheri Rural Municipality-5 in Rukum West, was arrested while attempting to cross from Nepal into India with the said goods.

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