Saptari youth held with controlled drug from Naagdhunga

KATHMANDU: Police arrested a teenager and confiscated a controlled drug from a passenger bus at Naagdhunga of Chandragiri Municipality-3 in Kathmandu district on Thursday.

The arrestee has been identified as Kamalesh Kumar Yadav (19) of Rajbiraj-2 in Saptari, police informed.

Yadav was travelling on the bus (Na 5 Kha 4767) from Rajbiraj to Kathmandu.

Police, during their checking, confiscated 170 bottles of Corex that was hidden in a bag in the luggage compartment of the bus.

Further investigation is underway, police informed.