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Biratnagar man held in Kathmandu with huge cache of controlled pharmaceutical drugs

Biratnagar man held in Kathmandu with huge cache of controlled pharmaceutical drugs

By THT Online

The Narcotics Control Bureau displaying seized controlled pharmaceutical drugs in Kathmandu, on Wednesday, February 28, 2018. Courtesy: NCB

KATHMANDU: A team deployed from the Narcotics Control Bureau of Nepal Police has arrested a youth in possession of huge cache of controlled pharmaceutical drugs from Balaju area in KMC-16 on Tuesday. Police identified the arrestee as 27-year-old Amit Pal of Shantichowk in Biratnagar Metropolitan City-16 in Morang district. The sleuths from NCB apprehended Pal at the roadside in front of Bhatbhateni store in Balaju area in possession of controlled pharmaceutical drugs---Nurofen, Diazepam and Phenergan 420 ampoules each. According to police, the drugs were wrapped with newspaper and hidden inside a bag. Meanwhile, further investigation is underway, said police.