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Two held with 7.5 kg opium in Kapilvastu

KathmanduPati September 30, 2020

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KAPILVASTU : Police have arrested a woman and a man in possession of 7.5 kilogrammes of opium from a Checkpoint in the Krishnanagar Municipality ward no 2 in Kapilvastu district on Tuesday night.

The security personnel at Area Police Office, Krishnanagar arrested the two with narcotics during regular checking at the Checkpoint. The names of those arrested are Sita Roka, 49, of Kuleri Rural Municipality-1 in Rolpa district while and Sushil Chettri, 20, of Shivaraj Municipality ward no 5 in Kapilvastu district. Chettri was the auto rickshaw driver.

According to the District Police Office in Kapilvastu’s SP Nawaraj Adhikari, police have forwarded investigation into the incident after taking the two in custody. The seized opium is worth Rs 10 million in the international market once it reaches Indian market, police said.