Seven arrested with illegal drugs from various districts
Published: 01:23 pm Mar 22, 2026
KATHMANDU, MARCH 22 Seven individuals have been arrested from different parts of the country in possession of illegal drugs, Nepal Police said on Sunday. In Kathmandu, police apprehended 28-year-old Chet Bahadur Ramtel of Kamalamai Municipality–4, Sindhuli, from Budhanilkantha Municipality–10 on Saturday afternoon. He was found with 2.36 grams of a substance resembling brown heroin, Rs 77,000 in cash, and a digital weighing scale. In Sunsari, two individuals-Milan Tamang, 22, of Dharan–15, and Subas Rai, 33, of Arjundhara–10, Jhapa-were arrested from Inaruwa–4 Bus Park on Saturday evening with 3.49 grams of a substance suspected to be brown sugar. In a separate incident in Dharan–15, police arrested 22-year-old Pawan Sapkota on Saturday night with 305 tablets of Tramadol and 310 tablets of Spaspen. Similarly, in Jhapa, 51-year-old Santosh Prasai of Birtamod–7 was arrested from a hotel in Birtamod–3 with 440 milligrams of a substance resembling brown heroin and Rs 1,570 in cash. In Kanchanpur, police detained 36-year-old Dambar Singh Kunwar of Bhimdatta–7 on Saturday evening from Belauri–10 while he was entering Nepal from India on foot. He was found with 2.17 grams of a substance suspected to be brown heroin. Likewise, in Kailali, 23-year-old Balram Rana of Dhangadhi–10 was arrested from Ghuiyaghat on Saturday evening with 560 milligrams of a substance resembling brown sugar. Police said further investigation into all cases is underway.