Archive · 5 Aug 2026
Indian arrested in Pokhara with 145 grams of brown sugar
A man from India was arrested in Nepal.
His name is Chandeshwar Mahato and he is 40 years old.
He lives in Motihari, a town in the Indian state of Bihar.
Police found him with 145.27 grams of brown sugar.
Brown sugar here is not the sweet kind you bake with — it is an illegal drug.
Police also found a digital weighing machine and a mobile phone with him.
A special police unit called the Anti-Narcotic Drugs Bureau caught him after getting a tip.
This happened at Sirjana Chowk in Pokhara, a city in Nepal.
Police think he was selling the drug in different places in Pokhara.
They also suspect he used his restaurant, Mandal Restaurant, to hide the drug business, and he is now in custody while the investigation continues.
Chandeshwar Mahato, a 40-year-old Indian national from Motihari in Bihar, was arrested in Nepal with 145.27 grams of brown sugar.
The Anti-Narcotic Drugs Bureau conducted a raid at Sirjana Chowk in Pokhara on the basis of a tip-off.
Police seized a digital weighing machine and a mobile phone from Mahato's possession.
Preliminary investigation indicated he was allegedly supplying the narcotic at different locations in Pokhara.
Police suspect Mahato was operating the illegal drug trade under the cover of his restaurant, Mandal Restaurant, at Sirjana Chowk.
- Who
- Chandeshwar Mahato, a 40-year-old Indian national from Motihari, Bihar.
- What
- Arrested with 145.27 grams of brown sugar, a digital weighing machine and a mobile phone; suspected of supplying the narcotic at different locations in Pokhara.
- When
- On Wednesday, reported in a Kathmandu dispatch dated August 5.
- Where
- Sirjana Chowk, Pokhara, Kaski district, Nepal.
- Why
- Police suspect he was supplying brown sugar in Pokhara, allegedly operating the drug trade under the cover of his restaurant, Mandal Restaurant.
- Accused
- Chandeshwar Mahato
- Age
- 40
- Residence
- Motihari, Bihar, India
- Arrest location
- Sirjana Chowk, Pokhara, Kaski district, Nepal
- Contraband seized
- 145.27 grams of brown sugar
- Other items seized
- Digital weighing machine, mobile phone
- Raiding agency
- Anti-Narcotic Drugs Bureau
- Status
- In custody; further investigation underway