RUKUM: Rukum Police have arrested four persons in possession of four kg of hashish from Musikot Khalanga of the district, on Wednesday.

According to the Rukum District Police Office, Khaldaya Pun (32) of Ranmamaikot-3 in the district and three others were arrested from a hotel in Patukhola of eastern Rukum with the contraband drug.

Acting on the information they received, a special team from the DPO reached the hotel and arrested four people, informed DPO Chief Angur GC. Among the four arrested, three were released after interrogation, GC added.

With repeated incidents, police are searching for other possible members of the racket as well.