Police on Thursday arrested two foreign nationals on the charge of smuggling cocaine.

A team from the Narcotics Control Bureau apprehended Fahimuddin Nasinmuddin Ansari (23) of India and Akechukuwa Siril Obodofula (44) of Nigeria on the charge of smuggling cocaine weighing 1 kg, according to Bureau Chief and Senior Superintendent of Police, Dinesh Kumar Acharya.

The Nigerian national landed in Nepal on a Qatar Airlines flight on July 16 to supply the contraband to Ansari.

He is accused of smuggling cocaine into Nepal and was arrested from Pingalasthan. 

Ansari arrived in Kathmandu via Mumbai on an Indigo Airlines to receive the contraband. He was arrested from Thamel along with cocaine.

It is said the Nigerian had concealed the capsules filled with cocaine in his jacket while bringing it into Nepal from Qatar.

Police said that they are looking into the case.