Foreign national arrested with more than 6 kg cocaine from TIA

Kathmandu: Police arrested a foreign national with 6.24 kilograms of cocaine on Wednesday.

Police Spokesperson Dan Bahadur Karki said police from the Narcotics Control Bureau nabbed a national of Latvia, Ivars Valters, from the arrival area of Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) Customs Office with this amount of cocaine which was hidden inside a suitcase.

Further investigation was underway after obtaining permission to extend his remand from the District Court Kathmandu on a 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 years old) 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 municipality-5 in Siraha were arrested with 640 mg of brown sugar and two mobile sets from their rented room at Narephant of Kathmandu.

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