KATHMANDU, Jan 14: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal appreciated the efforts made by Nepal Drug Limited (NDL) for the production of drugs and directed them to start the production of 20 types of drugs immediately.

KAPILVASTU, June 14: A man has been arrested from Banganga Municipality-1, Bairiya, Kapilvastu, who was selling drugs from his battery shop.

DHANGADHI, April 2: Police have arrested two youths along with drugs in Dhangadhi.

BIRENDRANAGAR, Feb 8: A joint team of police from the Karnali Province Police Bureau, the Narcotics Control Bureau Surkhet and the District Police Office Surkhet arrested four people with drugs hidden under the ground in Birendranagar. The police team arrested the people with 15 grams and 9 milligrams of brown sugar buried under the ground in a room near Pathibhara temple.

JANAKPUR, Feb 2: Four out of six detainees who escaped by breaking the wall of the detention cell at the Area Police Office in Dhanusa have been arrested.

LAHAN, Jan 30: Siraha police have arrested nine persons with brown sugar from Navrajpur Rural Municipality. Police raided the house of Om Prakash Yadav of the same place and arrested nine people with 28 grams of a white substance that looks like brown sugar.

SURKHET, Jan 30: Police have arrested a woman with the contraband drug brown sugar. A joint team of Karnali Province Police Office, Narcotics Control Bureau and District Police Office Surkhet arrested Malati Baigar from Gandaki tole of Birendranagar-3 along with 440 milligrams of the narcotic drug and cash.

JANAKPURDHAM, Jan 27: Dhanusha Police arrested four young people with illegal drugs in their possession on Thursday. They were apprehended from Janakpur's Pidari Chowk area along with 493 bottles of X-Plane.

SURKHET, Jan 12: Police have arrested two people with illegal drugs. According to the District Police Office, Surkhet, one person was arrested from the Babai check post of Veriganga Municipality and the other was arrested from Ekant Nagar of Birendranagar-10.

RAUTAHAT, Jan 1: Rautahat police seized 91 kg of marijuana on Sunday. Police seized the contraband from Pipra Tole of Bhagwanpur, Rajpur Municipality 1 of Rautahat district.

Kalikot, Dec 6: Police have arrested a woman with drugs (brown sugar). Police Inspector Subraj Bam, from Kalikot said that Samjhana Nepali, 28, was arrested from Tilagufa Municipality-1 in Kalikot.

KATHMANDU, Nov 29: The government has instructed pharmaceutical companies and drug dealers not to manufacture and sell the medicines that contain Ethylene Glycol and Di-ethylene Glycol compounds.

KATHMANDU, Sept 22: Police have arrested five people with drugs from different parts of the country.

MORANG, July 29: The police have seized drugs being brought illegally from Jogbani in India from the border area. On Thursday evening, illegal drugs worth more than Rs 300,000 were seized from Biratnagar Metropolitan City-17 near Raghupati Jute Mills while being brought from Jogbani.

KATHMANDU, July 2: A few days ago, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) of Nepal Police arrested 10 foreigners with about 56 kilograms of heroin. This proves that drug traffickers from all over the world are smuggling it to the illegal market via Nepal.

TULSIPUR, June 5: A shortage of medicines for TB patients has been reported in Dang. There is a shortage of medicine for children under 14 years of age, said Tuberculosis Focal Person of Rapti Provincial Hospital, Tulsipur, Renu Acharya.

KATHMANDU, Jan 24: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairperson Tapa Bahadur Magar has urged the government to ensure accessible supply of vaccines against COVID-19 infection to all citizens.

KATHMANDU, Jan 4: Bagwati Shrestha of Kiriyapani, Byas Municipality-6, Tanahun was arrested along with three kilograms 400 grams of marijuana on Sunday evening. The District Police Office Tanahun had checked her home after they got information that Shrestha was hiding marijuana in her home.

KATHMANDU, Jan 1: Police arrested four youths in possession of drugs last night. The arrested are Shatrudhan Mukhiya, 27, of Ramgopalpur Municipality-6, Mahottari District, Birendra Mukhiya, 17, of Lalbandi Municipality-4, Sarlahi District, Suresh Mukhiya, 18, and Suman Shrestha, 14, of Barahathawa Municipality-7, according to Prakash Bista, Deputy Superintendent of Police.

ITAHARI, Dec 23: As the number of drug users and smugglers are increasing, drug smuggling business is also flourishing currently. While the drug trade is booming, those involved in trafficking have resorted to various methods of smuggling and selling these drugs.

MORANG, Nov 27: Police have arrested two people from Dhankuta and Katahari while they were bringing drugs from Dhat No. 1 of Rani Naka in Biratnagar near Nepal-India border area.

RAUTAHAT, Oct 28: Police have arrested two people from Sarlahi along with a large quantity of drugs. Among the arrested are Rose Mohammad, 22, of Ishwarpur Municipality-5, Pokhara and Devendra Das, 37, of the same municipality-2.

MORANG, Oct 10: Police have arrested two people from Kerabari of Morang and Biratnagar with illegal drugs.

KATHMANDU, April 19: Police arrested an individual in possession of gray heroin, a banned drug. A team of police officers from Drug Control Bureau of Kakadvitta and Damak arrested Indian national Siddhik Alam, 26, from Namuna Marg, Damak municipality-6, Jhapa on Sunday evening.

KATHMANDU, Dec 16: Karnali Province Police Office, Surkhet has arrested a man with two kilogram and 700 grams of opium.

GENEVA, July 5: The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday that it was discontinuing its trials of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and combination HIV drug lopinavir/ritonavir in hospitalised patients with COVID-19 after they failed to reduce mortality.

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KATHMANDU, Feb 23: Saptari Police on Friday arrested two individuals with banned drugs from Surunga Municipality-1.

LAHAN, Jan 20: Nepal Police have arrested three youths in possession of narcotic drugs. A police squad from Police Post Kachnari busted Baljeet Das, 20, of Laxmipurpatari rural municipality-5, Pathargadha and Indrajeet Sahani, 18, of Lahan municipality-23 from Bariyarpatti rural municipality-1, Badahari on Sunday.

POKHARA, Nov 27: A team from the Narcotics Control Bureau of Nepal Police arrested an Indian national with drugs on Tuesday afternoon.

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SEPANG, June 26: Malaysia authorities have arrested four Indians and seized more than 14 kilograms of drugs and over 5,000 turtles from their luggage at the Kuala Lumpur airport.

KATHMANDU, June 15: The government's apathy to bring regulations for ensuring uniformity in the price and quality of similar drugs in the market has been hitting the consumers hard.

UDAYAPUR, May 28: Police arrested two men in possession of contraband narcotic drugs from Triyuga Municipality-5, Udayapur, on Saturday evening.

KATHMANDU, May 6: A team from the Narcotic Drugs Control Bureau Kathmandu and the Area Police Office Gajuri has arrested a person for possessing opium and marijuana this morning.

POKHARA, April 18: Drugs worth Rs 45 billion are transacted in the country annually. This information was shared in a news conference organised on the eve of the National Convention of Nepal Chemist & Druggist Association here today.

MUMBAI, April 15: India’s gold smugglers have slowed their operations over worries their shipments will be caught up in seizures of cash, bullion, booze and drugs that are aimed at controlling vote-buying in the country’s national elections, industry officials told Reuters.

MUMBAI, April 15: India’s gold smugglers have slowed their operations over worries their shipments will be caught up in seizures of cash, bullion, booze and drugs that are aimed at controlling vote-buying in the country’s national elections, industry officials told Reuters.

SURKHET, March 31: District Police Office here has registered 64 cases related to drug trafficking and drug abuse combined in the recent eight months. The District Police arrested 109 persons- 14 women and 95 men- in this connection and initiated investigation for the action.

POKHARA, March 26: Acting on a tip-off, a team of Baidam Police Station on Sunday raided a restaurant in Khahare of Pokhara and arrested 41 foreign and 17 Nepali guests on the charge of possessing and consuming drugs.

KATHMANDU, March 11: Police on Sunday morning arrested three persons on the charge of smuggling 105 kg of hashish using a wedding party bus.  Police officials from the District Police Office (DPO), Dhading found the hashish hidden under the seats of the bus (Na 5 Kha 2812) en route to Birgunj from Kathmandu, at Gajuri, at around 2 am.

DHADING, March 10: Police have arrested three persons in possession of 105 kilograms of hashish from Gajuri of Dhading this morning.

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KATHMANDU, Feb 11: Police, on Sunday morning, arrested three Indian citizens from Dhading for "trying to smuggle 360 kilograms of hashish to India."

BHAIRAHAWA, Feb 11: District Police Office (DPO), Rupandehi has arrested 16 people on the charge of selling and consuming drugs within the span of 11 days.

PARSA, Dec 31: Police have arrested a person with 160 kilogram of hashish hidden inside the truck's body and false bottom of a truck. The truck, Na 4 Kha 2985 was en route to Birgunj from Manhari when it was stopped for a routine check along the Belwa-Milanchowk road section.

For a very long time Nepal has been a breeding ground for transgressions of various forms. This has caused distress among the Nepali mass for quite some time now. Cases of drug abuse, human trafficking, child prostitution and more heinous offenses aren’t unfamiliar stories. Over the years, various groups of individuals and agencies have advocated and worked for the rehabilitation of the victims and ardently endeavored to prevent further wrongdoings. Sano Paila is one among many.

PARASI, Oct 31: Police arrested two persons in possession of drugs from Bardaghat of west Nawalparasi.

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