KATHMANDU: Police said that they arrested a 34-year-old man in possession of illegal pharmaceutical drugs from Nagdhunga of Chandragiri Municipality-2 on Saturday.

Dilip Khadka, a permanent resident of Samakhushi, Kathmandu, was arrested with 129 ampoules of Norphin, Phenergan and Diazepam each and 20 tablets of Nitrosun.

Police confiscated the illegal drugs from his possession while frisking a bus (Lu 2 Kha 665) that was heading towards Kathmandu from Butwal.

Further investigation is underway.