Two women have been arrested in possession of brown sugar from Bhadrapur-based Chandragadhi Airport on Thursday. The suspects have been identified as Soni Shrestha (21) and her sister Sandhya Shrestha (23) of Hetauda-1 and currently residing at Mechinagar, Jhapa, DSP Khagendra Prasad Rijal of the District Police Office, Jhapa said. He said that the Shrestha sisters were apprehended with 76. 34 grams of brown sugar.

The airport police nabbed the duo while they were about to board a flight to Kathmandu on a Buddha Air plane at 9pm yesterday, DSP Rijal said.

Soni had tried to take the brown sugar to Kathmandu by hiding in the pad she was wearing in her private parts, police said. After the brown sugar was recovered from Soni’s possession, police also detained her sister Sandhya for investigation, Rijal said. Police said that they are looking into the case.