A youth from Belaka Municipality-8 in Udayapur district was held for illegally possessing seven kilograms of marijuana.

The District Police Office, Udayapur, said that 24-year-old Anish Rai was arrested with the mentioned quantity of marijuana on Monday evening.

Chief of Udayapur Police, Bhim Prasad Dahal said that Rai was held in a traffic check while he was travelling to Bargachhi bazaar in a pickup van (Na 4 Cha 1516).

Police said that further investigations into the case were underway by taking the alleged youth into the custody of the Area Police Office, Belaka.