India's recent implementation of a sugar export ban has triggered an increase in the illegal smuggling of the commodity into neighboring Nepal, coinciding with the approach of the region's peak festival season.
Authorities in Nepal are actively responding to the illicit influx. Within the span of a single month, the Armed Police Force intercepted and seized 10 tonnes of smuggled sugar, representing more than double the volume confiscated during the preceding month.
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