BHAKTAPUR: Police said that they arrested two persons in possession of cannabis from Changunarayan Municipality-8 in Bhaktapur district on Sunday.

The arrested have been identified as Saroj Karki (30) of Sunsari district and Dinesh Rai (16) of Udayapur district.

A team deployed from Metropolitan Police Sector, Kharipati, frisked the duo on a bus (Ba 2 Kha 8049) during a security check and found two kilogrammes of cannabis in their possission, yesterday, according to police.

Further investigation into the case is underway, informed police.