Police arrest three persons with 2.2 kg opium from Kathmandu

Kathmandu: The police have made public three persons arrested with a huge cache of opium amid a press conference here today.

The confiscated illegal drug amounts to 2.2 kg. A team from the Metropolitan Police Circle, Lainchaur on Saturday afternoon apprehended Dhan Maya Pun, Rudra Rana and Jotan Pun of Rukum (East).

Pun was held from Thamel in KMC-26 while she was searching for prospective buyers.

Others were arrested from Mitranagar, New Bus Park acting on her information, said Superintendent of Police Ramesh Kumar Basnet.