Police have arrested a man in possession of a pistol and pharmaceutical drugs from Sunsari.
The detainee has been identified as Rohit Rai (19) of Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City-3.
SP Sanjay Singh Thapa, Chief at the District Police Office, Sunsari, said that Rai was detained with the pistol and drugs from Koshi Rural Municipality-2, Sunsari.
Acting on a tip-off, a police team deployed from the District Police Office, Sunsari, nabbed Rai with the pistol and 10 ampules each of Diazepam and Nitrosun and three ampules of Lupigesic and 3, 375 pieces of Tramadol, Thapa said.
Police suspect that Rai may have brought the weapon and the drugs from India.
Further investigation into the incident is underway, police said.
