Nepali citizen caught with 5.7 kg charas

Sashtra Seema Suraksha Bal (SSB) personnel today seized 5.7 kg contraband charas valued at Rs 85 lakh in the International market being smuggled from Nepal.
Commandant of the 27th battalion of SSB Sonam Chering said during frisking of a Nepali youth, 5.7 kg charas was recovered from him at Mahadeva post on the Indo-Nepal border in Raxual in East Champaran district.
The 26-year-old Nepali citizen has been identified as Vivek Lami, the SSB Commandant said.
Smuggling of contraband and fake Indian currency has been frequent along the porous Indo-Nepal border, majority of which falls in Bihar.