Police have arrested two persons in possession of Rs 1 million undeclared money from Jhapa. The suspects have been identified as Apsara Khatun (30) and Mohammad Mosad (43) of Nilkothi, Mechinagar Municipality-15. They are brother and sister in relation.

Acting on a tip off, a joint team of the Area Police Office, Dhulabari and the Drug Control Bureau, Kakarbhitta had reached the house of Apsara to search for brown sugar.

Inspector Kailash Adhikari of the District Police Office, Jhapa said that though the team did not recover the drugs, they found two sets of brown sugar measuring digital scales and Rs 1. 82 million from the house. Police said that they are looking into the case.