KATHMANDU: Five people have been arrested with drugs from different locations in the Kathmandu Valley.
A joint team from the Narcotics Control Bureau and the Police Circle, Thankot, arrested the suspects on Friday and today with brown heroin and prescription drugs, including diazepam, phenergan, buprenorphine and tramadol.
The arrested individuals have been identified as Bikram Ghale, 34, of Chandragiri Municipality-6; Bijay Tamang, 24, of Thaha Municipality-12, Makawanpur; Lalit Bahadur Syangtang, 33, of Raksirang Rural Municipality-3, Makawanpur; Ganesh Lama, 34, of Bethanchok Rural Municipality-6, Kavrepalanchok; and Ratna Tamang, 32, of Hariharpur Municipality-11, Sindhuli.
According to Jeevan Niraula, deputy superintendent of police at the Narcotics Control Bureau, police also recovered Rs. 560,400 in cash, a motorcycle and six mobile phones from the suspects.
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