KATHMANDU: Police have arrested two Indian women at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) with 14 kilograms of cannabis.
The arrested women have been identified as Shabananu Yar Muhammad Sheikh, 46, and Sharifa Abbas, 35.
A police team from the Narcotics Control Bureau’s branch office at Tribhuvan International Airport in Gaucharan arrested the two women on Tuesday while profiling passengers arriving in Nepal by air. They had arrived in Kathmandu on a Batik Air flight.
According to police, the women had travelled to Nepal from Thailand via Malaysia. Further investigation into the case is underway, said Jeevan Niraula, joint spokesperson for the Narcotics Control Bureau.
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