KATHMANDU: Police have arrested two people with 10 kilograms of marijuana from Swoyambhu in the capital.

The arrested are 22-year-old Subarna Paudel of Chandragiri municipality-13, Purano Naikap and Sagar Lama, 27, of Thakre rural municipality, Dhading.

Acting on a tip-off, a joint team from Metropolitan Police Circle, Swoyambhu and Armed Police Force, arrested them near Bhagawanpau with the banned drug.

Police said they are investigating the case after taking them on a seven-day remand from the district court, Kathmandu.