Kathmandu, Aug 8: Police have arrested a foreign national with 6.24 kilogrammes of cocaine on Wednesday.
Police from the Narcotics Control Bureau nabbed a national of Latvia, Ivars Valters, from arrival area of Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) Customs Office with this amount of cocaine which was hidden inside a suitcase, said Police Spokesperson Dan Bahadur Karki.
Further investigation was underway after taking permission to extend his remand from the District Court Kathmandu on drug case.
Meanwhile, two persons were held with 15.500 milligrams of brown sugar, Rs 40,000 and three mobile sets from New Bus Park in Kathmandu. They are Pawan Kumar Mehata, 24, of Rajbiraj municipality-9 and Anil Pariyar, 27, of Triyuga municipality-7 in Udaypur.
Similarly, Dharmendra Singh, 33, of Golbazaar municipality-6 and Anil Sah, 33, of Mirchaiya municplaity-5 in Siraha were arrested with 640 mg of brown sugar and two mobile sets from their rented room at Narephant of Kathmandu. RSS #Nepal
