Nepalese couple held with charas

A Nepalese couple was arrested and charas worth Rs two lakh allegedly seized from its possession in Champawat district of Uttarakhand.

A Nepalese couple was arrested and charas worth Rs two lakh allegedly seized from its possession in Champawat district of Uttarakhand, police said.

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Ram Bahadur Kharka and his wife Parvati, both resident of Bijon district in Nepal, were arrested on Monday from Sharda barrage near the Indo-Nepal border after police allegedly recovered two kgs of charas worth Rs 2 lakh in the international market from their possession.

The couple was going to Haridwar to sell the contraband, police said, adding the two have been booked under the NDPS Act.