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Police have recovered dangerous and new drugs from Morang. Police said that the trafficker was arrested along with a drug called methantamine ice.
The arrested is Ram Prasad Pokhrel, 42, of Salakpur in Morang's Sundaraharaincha Municipality-8, said SP Deepak Pokhrel, spokesperson of the State Police Office, Biratnagar. According to him, 530 grams and 93 milligrams of drugs have been recovered from the trafficker.
It has been revealed that Pokhrel, who was arrested with drugs, is a well-known businessman of a high status family. A police source said that he has also invested in some industries and also trades in real estate.
SP Pokharel said that this was the first case of high quality drugs and its traffickers being arrested in the state. He said that this was the third incident in Nepal where drugs of this nature were seized and traffickers were arrested.
According to the police, it is a kind of chemical drug. "Before this, there were two incidents in Nepal where drugs of this nature were recovered," said SP Pokharel.
On the basis of special information, Morang Police Chief SP Santosh Khadka had mobilized a joint team of Drug Control Bureau, Biratnagar and District Police Office, Morang to arrest Pokhrel.
A mobile team arrested Pokhrel from Bargachhi of Biratnagar Metropolitan City-2 on Tuesday evening.
Police said that he was arrested while he was coming to deliver drugs to someone. Two hundred grams and 22 milligrams were recovered from him in Biratnagar. After the investigation, the police raided his house in Salakpur of Sundaraharaincha and recovered more drugs.
According to the police, the seized drugs have the highest demand in the world. Methanamine ice is one of the most sought after chemical drugs in the world, said a senior police official.
According to the police, the smuggling of drugs in Nepal is very low. According to the police, the seized drugs have the highest demand in the world.
Methantamine ice is one of the most sought after chemical drugs in the world, said a senior police official. According to the police, smuggling is very rare in Nepal.
A source said that it was a chemical drug called methamphetamine ice after testing in a laboratory in Japan. It is said to have been smuggled to various countries and used by drug addicts after it was discovered in a lab in Japan.
Its international price is more than 80 dollars per gram, according to police. Police have claimed that it will cost up to Rs 30 million per kg when it reaches Nepal through smuggling.
It has been revealed from the preliminary investigation of the police that Pokharel has been in the business for some time. According to the police, he has expanded the network of international level even abroad to trade in these drugs.
Police have also started searching for others involved in drug trafficking on the basis of his connection. Morang police said that the incident would be made public in detail later.
