KATHMANDU: Police have arrested five individuals on charges of involvement in drug trafficking. The Narcotics Control Bureau confirmed that the group includes three Indian nationals and two Nepali citizens.
The three Indian nationals, identified as 19-year-old Pushpam Prakash, 25-year-old Mahesh Kumar, and 19-year-old Sonu Kumar from Samastipur district in Bihar, were intercepted at the Nagdhunga checkpoint while traveling on a bus from Janakpur to Kathmandu. Authorities recovered 32.730 grams of brown heroin from their possession.
Following further investigation, police arrested two additional suspects at a hotel in Sundhara, Kathmandu Metropolitan City-22. They have been identified as 23-year-old Kristi Khadki and 28-year-old Ramkrishna Khadki, both residents of Galchhi Rural Municipality-6 in Dhading.
During the operation, police also seized 1,110 capsules of Tramadol, eight mobile phones, and Rs 75,220 in cash. All five suspects have been handed over to the Thankot Police Circle for further investigation and legal proceedings, according to the bureau.
