India stops tea-laden Nepali trucks on border for lab tests

Nepali traders suspect geopolitics after the Indian government recently ordered its customs to sample every single batch of Nepali tea destined for India.

As India has asked its customs authorities to test the quality of India-bound Nepali tea, trucks laden with tonnes of tea destined for the southern neighbour are currently stuck at the Panitanki Customs across the Nepal-India border.