Police arrested two youths in possession of controlled drugs from Nagdhunga in Kathmandu district.

The arrested have been identified as Arjun Kumar Sarkar (26) of Lalbandi Municipality-8 and Manish Majhi (21) of Ishworpur Municipality-4 in Sarlahi district. They had 17 ampules of nurfin and phenergan, and 44 nitravet tablets in their possession.

They were travelling in a bus with registration number NA 5 KHA 6599 to Kathmandu from Sarlahi. Nagdhunga-based Metropolitan Police Division (MPD) personnel nabbed them with controlled drugs during a routine vehicle check on Saturday morning.

Further investigation into the case is being carried out, said MPD, Nagdhunga.