Nepal, June 23 -- A large quantity of restricted drugs has been recovered from a truck that was initially detained on suspicion of customs duty evasion in Bara.

According to authorities, the Parsa Police had intercepted a freight truck (Ba Pra 03-001 Kha 3346) traveling from Birgunj to Kathmandu on suspicion of carrying smuggled goods and handed it over to the Revenue Investigation Office, Pathlaiya.

During a detailed inspection of the vehicle, officials discovered 12,000 strips of the controlled pharmaceutical drug Tramadol, said Pramod Prasad, information officer at the Revenue Investigation Office, Pathlaiya.

The truck, reportedly loaded from PRP Transport Service in Birgunj, was carrying various goods along with pharmaceutical ite...