Police held three youths in possession of over 600 milligrams of heroin in Dang district today.
The three arrested have been identified as Krishna Budhathoki (22); Nuwajan Chaudhary (23), both local residents of Ghorahi Municipality, and Ekendra Pun Magar (27), a local resident of Bhaluwang in Rapti Rural Municipality-1 in Dang district.
Budhathoki and Chaudhary were peddling heroin worth 600 milligrams by using a motorcycle with registration number RA 4 PA 1074, informed DSP Mukunda Prasad Rijal of District Police Office (DPO), Dang. Acting on a tip-off, security police nabbed the three youths from different locations in the district.
The police also seized 2.35 milligrams of heroin from Magar's room on Monday.
They have been charged under drugs case and further investigation into the case is underway, informed the DPO, Dang.
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