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KATHMANDU: Ten folks have been arrested together with 3.239 kilograms of hashish and 268.210 grams of brown sugar smuggled in from America by way of the Normal Put up Workplace, Dilli Bazaar.

The Narcotics Medication Management Bureau, Kathmandu mentioned that six individuals concerned within the supply of hashish and 4 individuals in delivering the heroin introduced from America had been arrested on the premise of a tip-off.

Bureau’s superintendent Chakra Raj Joshi knowledgeable that police have initiated an investigation towards them in accordance with the Narcotic Medication (Management) Act, 2033 BS. The arrestees had been paraded earlier than the media at the moment. Superintendent of Police Joshi mentioned they had been arrested after hashish was discovered contained in the parcels they had been delivering.

In accordance with the police, a carton which was despatched by way of submit from America to be delivered in Birgunj by way of the Normal Put up Workplace, Dilli Bazaar was examined out of suspicion and 900 grams of brown sugar was confiscated. Dalluram and Habib Miya of Birgunj had been held when ‘management supply’ was performed to seek for the particular person coming to obtain the carton parcel, police mentioned.

Equally, 1.400 grams of hashish was discovered when one other carton despatched from America and to be acquired within the District Put up Workplace, Pokhara by way of the Dilli Bazaar submit workplace was examined, the Bureau mentioned. Twenty-four years previous Ajin Vergese, an Indian nationwide, who had come to gather the hashish was arrested from the submit workplace itself in that connection. An extra 720 grams of hashish has been seized from his rented room.

One Renuka Tamang of Dadeldhura who had come to gather the hashish that had arrived by way of submit has additionally been held. Primarily based on her assertion, Indian nationals Arun Kumar and Mohammad Naeem, who despatched her to gather the contraband, have additionally been arrested. 9 hundred and thirty-nine grams of hashish has been confiscated from them.

The Bureau knowledgeable the media that it has additionally apprehended Hikmat Hamal of Kanchanpur, Sanjaya Nepali of Dang, Binod Bhattarai of Morang, and an Indian citizen Lal Miya at present residing in Jhapa in possession of brown sugar. Greater than 268 grams of brown sugar has been seized from their possession.

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