KATHMANDU: Police have arrested 15 individuals from various locations across the country for the possession of illegal narcotics. In Kathmandu, two people were arrested in Gokarneshwor-5 with 510 milligrams of a substance resembling brown sugar.
They have been identified as Krishna Bahadur Bishwakarma, 38, and Bishal Tamang, 29. Separately, in Gokarneshwor-8, police arrested 21-year-old Bikesh Nepali with 207 tablets of controlled drug Tramadol.
In Kanchanpur, three individuals-Uddhav Sahu, 32, Mahendra Chand, 32, and Mukesh Malla, 30-were apprehended in Bedkot-10 with 14.69 grams of brown heroin and Rs 20,500 in cash. In Jhapa, Anish Majhi, 27, was arrested in Mechinagar-6 with 26.17 grams of a substance resembling brown heroin. Meanwhile, in Siraha’s Golbazar, police arrested 19-year-olds Suraj Yadav and Shyambabu Kumar Yadav with 4 grams of brown heroin while they were traveling on a motorcycle.
In Dang, police arrested two individuals in Ghorahi-9 with 37.23 grams of brown sugar and Rs 79,500 in cash. Additionally, two others, Sujal Thapa, 20, and Shiva Bahadur Pun Magar, 22, were arrested in Rapti-1 with 1.79 grams of brown sugar. In Makwanpur, Kapil Gharti, 27, was arrested in Hetauda-17 with 540 milligrams of a substance resembling brown heroin.
Finally, in Tanahun, police arrested Ganesh Basphor, 40, at Abukhaireni-4 with 570 tablets of Nitrazepam during a bus inspection. Authorities have confirmed that investigations are ongoing in all these cases.
