KATHMANDU, Jan 3: Police on Sunday morning arrested seven people from Birgunj Metropolitan City-21 in Parsa district on the charge of smuggling a huge amount of marijuana.
Acting on a special tip-off, a team of police from the Narcotics Control Bureau arrested seven individuals with 105 kilograms of marijuana, said police.
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Those arrested have been identified as Bijaya Tamang, 24, Laxman Sitaula, 32, Kishor, 18, of Hetauda Sub Metropolitan City-24. Likewise, Ram Lal Gole, 26, of Kailash Rural Municipality-10, Niraj Lama, 37, of Dhading, Sanu Lal Tamang, of Chitwan, and Shaid Miya Alam, 51, of Parsa district, were also arrested.
“After getting a special tip-off, a police team checked a vehicle – parked suspiciously on the roadside. A huge cache of the drug was recovered from the vehicle,” a statement issued by the police reads.
The arrested have been sent to the Parsa District Police Office for further investigation, said the Narcotics Bureau.
