KATHMANDU: Police on Wednesday arrested an alleged fuel black marketeer in possession of seven cooking gas cylinders from Lalitur.

The arrestee has been identified as Rajesh Maharjan (35) of Chakupat in Lalitpur.

A team of law enforcers deployed from the Metropolitan Police Sector, Sanepa raided the Greenhouse Restaurant at Thadodhunga to find the gas cylinders hidden.

Further investigation is underway, said police.