Birendranagar: The District Police Office, Surkhet has seized a huge quantity of opium and counterfeit currency notes. Five people arrested with the banned narcotics and fake currency notes were made public by the Surkhet Police on Tuesday in Birendranagar.
According to National News Agency Nepal, those arrested include Dilmaya Singh Thakuri, 22, of Kushe Rural Municipality-5 Jajarkot, her brother Ram Bahadur Singh, 33, and Krishna Bahadur Wali, 35, of Kushe Rural Municipality-7. This information was disclosed by SP Sudhir Raj Shahi, Chief of the District Police Office, Surkhet.
Additionally, 38-year-old Prem Bahadur BK, a resident of Bheriganga Municipality-12, Surkhet, and Man Bahadur Sahakari, a permanent resident of Naraharinath Rural Municipality-4, Kalikot, were also apprehended. Man Bahadur Sahakari is currently operating a media company named Janagarjan Media Pvt. Ltd., located in Banke Kohalpur Municipality-11, New Road.
Police reported that Rs. 1.3 million worth of counterfeit currency notes and opium valued at approximately Rs. 9 million were confiscated. The initial investigation revealed that the arrested individuals have exchanged fake notes worth about Rs. 200,000 for real ones, with most transactions involving traders from Surkhet and Jajarkot for purchasing opium.