KATHMANDU: Police on Wednesday arrested a person for possessing marijuana and illegal pharmaceutical drugs from Janakpur Sub-Metropolitan City-7 of Dhanusha district.

The arrested has been identified as Santosh Kumar Mandal (22) of Mujelia in Janakpur-13.

A team of police deployed from Baluwa-based Police Post arrested Mandal from Baluwa after finding 10 grams of marijuana and 53 tablets of illegal pharmaceutical drug Nitrovet in his possession.

Meanwhile, further investigation into the case is underway, police said.