Two Indians, Thai woman held in Nepal with 4.3 kg cocaine

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The Nepal constabulary person arrested 3 overseas nationals, including 2 Indians and a Thai national, successful 2 abstracted incidents successful transportation with possession of 4.3 kilogrammes of cocaine connected Tuesday (December 24, 2025), officials said.

According to the officials, a Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) squad from Koteshwar nabbed the overseas nationals, who arrived successful Nepal via aerial route, from Kathmandu Metropolitan City-9, Sinamangal area. The Indian nationals Xavier Mathew Thaliachery, 55, and Mursalen Hussain, 21, person been arrested from Sinamangal country adjacent Kathmandu on with 3.75 kg cocaine. Hussain, who arrived successful Kathmandu from Laos via Singapore was arrested connected Tuesday (December 24, 2025) from the roadside astatine Singmangal, on with the narcotic drug.

In the 2nd incident, the NCB sleuths arrested Thai nationalist Rusanee Kama, 40, on with 550 gram cocaine successful her possession. She had arrived successful Kathmandu from Laos via Bangkok. Acting connected a tip-off, the sleuths arrested her during a peculiar cognition astatine her edifice astatine Singmangal. The constabulary person recovered 12 integrative coated capsules containing cocaine from her room.

Initial probe revealed Rusanne swallowed 29 cocaine pills to evade constabulary arrest, which got recovered aft admitting her successful a adjacent hospital. So far, the constabulary recovered 41 cocaine capsules successful full from her possession. The constabulary person initiated ineligible enactment against them successful transportation with the drugs nether the Narcotic Drugs Control Act 2033 B.S. taking them into judicial custody aft securing support from Kathmandu District Court.

Published - December 25, 2025 03:19 p.m. IST

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