14 arrested with drugs in seven districts

KATHMANDU: Police have arrested 14 people on drug-related charges during routine patrols and operations in seven districts across the country.

According to the Central Police Newsroom, Govinda Tamang, 32, of Rapti Municipality-1, Chitwan, and Safal Bikram Rana, 24, of Manahari Rural Municipality-3, Makawanpur, were arrested with the controlled drug tramadol at Thanabharyang in Hetauda Sub-Metropolitan City-11, Makawanpur.

Similarly, two people, including Nabin Ale Magar, 22, of Nilkantha Municipality-5, Dhading, who resides in Chunikhel, Lalitpur, were arrested with tramadol at Wai Wai Chowk in Lalitpur Metropolitan City-18.

In another incident, Saroj Bardeva, 21, of Pragati Tole, Belka Municipality-8, Udayapur, was arrested with nitrazepam at Kothu in the same municipality.

Bishal Bik, 30, of Dokebazar, Punarbas Municipality-11, and Kushal Chaudhary, 22, of Joshipur Rural Municipality-9, Kailali, were arrested with a substance suspected to be brown sugar at Phataiya Khalla in Belauri Municipality-1, Kanchanpur.

Meanwhile, Milan Meche, 39, of Mechinagar Municipality-8, Jhapa, and four others were arrested with a substance suspected to be brown heroin in Mechinagar Municipality-2, Jhapa.

Parshuram Gurung, 31, of Sikkime Chowk, Sundarharaincha Municipality-5, Morang, and Ujjwal Budhathoki, 28, of the same locality, were arrested at Halgada Chowk in Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City-1, Sunsari, with tramadol and diclomine. Police also seized two motorcycles allegedly used by them.

Similarly, Shiva Malla, 31, of Jalaudi, Bhimad Municipality-6, Tanahun, who resides in Shantinagar Tole, was arrested with Phenergan, diazepam and buprenorphine.