Police have opened fire to take a drug smuggler under control at Gothatar in the Capital on Wednesday.

The Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office said that a team deployed from the Office opened fire in retaliation after the brown sugar smuggler tried to attack the security personnel.

The arrestee has been identified as Indian national Mohammad karim.

He sustained bullet injuries in his thigh.

Police have also arrested a Nepali national.

It has been learnt that police also recovered a pistol and its three rounds of bullets from Karim’s possession.

Further investigation into the incident is underway, police said.