March 20, Kathmandu – The Narcotics Control Bureau of the Nepal Police has arrested five individuals in connection with several cases involving brown heroin and cannabis. According to the bureau, these arrests were made across two separate incidents.
Durga Raj Regmi, spokesperson for the bureau, stated that in the first case, following information that drugs were being sold to students in schools and colleges in Kathmandu, a woman was apprehended in Lalitpur.
The arrested individual is Kalpana Tamang, a 38-year-old woman originally from Thaha Municipality-11 in Makwanpur district. Authorities confiscated 2 kilograms and 300 grams of cannabis and a digital scale from her possession, according to the bureau.
In another incident, after receiving intelligence about the smuggling and sale of brown heroin brought from India in Kathmandu, a task force arrested three men from Factory Chowk, Kathmandu Metropolitan City-15. The arrested individuals are 31-year-old Vishal Shrestha from Sindhupalchok Sunkoshi-5, 39-year-old Arjun Thapa from Chautara-7, and 30-year-old Sagar Tamang from Kavre Temal-8. The police recovered 37 grams and 400 milligrams of brown heroin and a digital scale from them.
Further investigation linked these suspects to Vipul Barma, a 25-year-old from Forbesganj, Araria, Bihar, India, who was arrested by the bureau for supplying the brown heroin. Authorities seized 100 grams of brown heroin from his possession.
