The Drug Control Bureau of Nepal Police has arrested 12 persons including five foreigners for their involvement in dealing drugs. Organizing a press conference in Kathmandu on Friday, the Bureau said that 12 persons including five foreigners were apprehended for dealing drugs during the operation conducted from June 11 to June 22. The Bureau on June 11 arrested Hemanta Kumar Bhagat of India and currently residing at Sinamangal of Kathmandu in possession of 10 grams of brown sugar.

Bhagat, who sustained injuries on his left leg when police opened fire in retaliation after he tried to snatch the gun of police, is receiving treatment at a hospital in Kathmandu.

Police also nabbed Sanjeeb Kumar aka Ram Bhajan of India and presently living in Dharan after they found his involvement in dealing drugs during the interrogation with Bhagat. Similarly, DSP Chakra Raj Joshi said that they arrested a German national in possession of seven kg hashish while he was about to leave for Istanbul from the Tribhuvan International Airport. He said that five persons were arrested with 10, 130 pieces of LSD stickers during a special operation. Joshi said that after detaining Sugam Mainali of Chandragiri, Kathmandu with seven pieces of LSD stickers from Satgumti, other persons were also held after carrying out further investigations. The Bureau said that three persons were nabbed with illegal drugs during the investigation. The Bureau said that the market price of the drugs recovered from the arrested persons is more than Rs 233 million.