Kapilvastu, October 26, 2026 — Police have arrested a 23-year-old woman after recovering 9 grams and 240 milligrams of a brown powder suspected to be brown sugar from her house in Hallanagar, Shivaraj Municipality-2, Kapilvastu.
The woman, identified as Asmita Bohora, was detained after police searched her house based on specific information that she was allegedly involved in drug dealing from the property.
A police team deployed from the Area Police Office in Chandrouta, Kapilvastu, found the suspected substance inside a black ladies’ bag placed on top of a room cupboard, according to the provided police account.
Police also seized one digital weighing scale believed to be used to weigh drugs. Bohora was taken into custody and brought to the Area Police Office in Chandrouta for further proceedings.
The recovered substance has been described as suspected brown sugar; its composition has not been confirmed in the information provided.
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