Archive · 30 May 2025
Men Sentenced to 14 Years for Ganja Smuggling
Two men were caught trying to bring a lot of marijuana (ganja) into India from Nepal.
The police found the drugs and arrested them.
The men were taken to court, where they were found guilty of smuggling.
The judge decided they had to go to jail for 14 years and pay a big fine.
If they don't pay the fine, they have to stay in jail even longer.
The drugs were tested to make sure they were actually ganja.
Two men sentenced to 14 years in prison for ganja smuggling.
The convicts are Depal Oraon (Nepal) and Suman Kumar Paswan (India).
They were arrested on March 12, 2023, crossing the Bakra river with 60kg of ganja.
The ganja was seized by SSB officers, and an FIR was filed.
A Patna lab confirmed the seized substance was ganja.
- Who
- Depal Oraon and Suman Kumar Paswan were convicted.
- What
- The men were convicted of smuggling 60kg of ganja.
- When
- The arrest occurred on March 12, 2023, and the sentencing happened later.
- Where
- The men were caught crossing the border from Nepal into India.
- Why
- The men were smuggling ganja, a type of drug, across the border.
- Convicts
- Depal Oraon & Suman Kumar Paswan
- Charge
- Cross-border ganja smuggling
- Quantity of Ganja
- 60 kg
- Sentence
- 14 years rigorous imprisonment and a fine
- Fine
- Rs 2 lakh each
- Arresting Agency
- SSB
- Location of Arrest
- Bakra river (Nepal-India border)