INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, JUNE 23The Narcotics Control Bureau has arrested as many as seven persons, including foreigners, with a
huge cache of narcotic and psychoactive drugs during coordinated operations carried out across the country over a period of one week.
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According to the NCB, Davide Minandeo, 24, (passport number YB1573961), an Italian national, was held with 10,098 stickers of lysergic
acid diethylamide (LSD) from Thamel
It was the single-biggest seizure of LSD drug in Nepal
Police also seized 38 grams of methamphetamine, INR 139,000, Euro 700, Turkish lira 539 and Thai baht 50.Similarly, the NCB has arrested two
Indian nationals with 100 grams of brown sugar from Sinamangal
The arrested have been identified as Hemant Kumar Bhagat, 27, and Sanjeev Kumar, 28, of Bihar.
In a separate anti-drug
operation, German national Paul Werst, 63, (passport number C9WLOKWOL) was held with 6.8 kilograms of hashish from Tribhuvan International
He was trying to smuggle the drug to his home country by airway.Likewise, the NCB arrested three persons with 26 stickers of LSD and 3.7
grams of cocaine from a hotel in Pokhara
They include Martina Serena, 32, (passport number 4657033) of Czech Republic, Rajan Gautam, 26, of Morang and Mukhiya Gurung, 42, of
The NCB said they were charged under the Narcotic Drugs (Control) Act.A version of this article appears in the print on June 24, 2023, of
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