Police have arrested three persons in possession of a pistol in Rautahat on Sunday.
A police team deployed from the Area Police Office, Lumbini apprehended the trio with the pistol, two rounds of bullets and a knife last night.
Police said that they have also seized a motorbike (UP 55 AD 0648) from them.
The detainees have been identified as bike rider Medi Husain (34) aka Chinak of Siddharthanagar, India, pillion riders Akbar Khan (51) and Asik Ali (55), SP Rabindra Regmi said.
Further investigation into the incident is underway, police said.
