Crime

8 arrested with brown sugar in Koteshwar, Kathmandu

8 arrested with brown sugar in Koteshwar, Kathmandu

KATHMANDU: Police in Kathmandu arrested eight individuals in Koteshwar for possession of brown sugar. The group was apprehended after exhibiting suspicious behavior, leading to a search that...

CIAA raids Nepal Stock Exchange office over insider trading allegations

CIAA raids Nepal Stock Exchange office over insider trading allegations

KATHMANDU: In response to claims that NEPSE employees were involved in insider trading, the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) raided the Nepal Stock Exchange (NEP...

Two foreign nationals arrested with 1.4 kg of cocaine

Two foreign nationals arrested with 1.4 kg of cocaine

KATHMANDU: Nepal Police have apprehended two foreign nationals, Zuma Abdulla Maji from Tanzania and K Juchobeni Tasopoi from India, for possessing 1.4 kilograms of cocaine. A team from the N...

Two separate murders in Makwanpur and Sindhuli

Two separate murders in Makwanpur and Sindhuli

KATHMANDU: On Monday night in Makwanpur, 28-year-old Mangal Bahadur Pakhrin killed his 18-year-old wife Laxmi Pakhrin in an axe attack. Pakhrin, who had previously struggled with mental illn...

10 arrested for stealing and selling electrical transformers in Kavre

10 arrested for stealing and selling electrical transformers in Kavre

KATHMANDU: Ten people who were involved in the theft and sale of electrical transformers have been taken into custody by Kavre police. The gang had stolen six transformers from various locat...

3 arrested in Jhapa with stolen goods and loaded gun

3 arrested in Jhapa with stolen goods and loaded gun

KATHMANDU: Police have arrested three youths, Aditya Limbu (19), Chhering Tamang (22), and Nikhil Tamang (21), from Dewan Chowk in Arjundhara Municipality-4, Jhapa. The arrests were made aft...

81-year-old man arrested for defrauding Rs 5.8 million in Lalitpur

81-year-old man arrested for defrauding Rs 5.8 million in Lalitpur

KATHMANDU: An arrest has been made for Ram Prasad Paudyal, an 81-year-old resident of Mahalaxmi Municipality-2 in Lalitpur, who is suspected of embezzling about Rs 5.8 million. After Lokendr...

Foreign national arrested at TIA with 6.24 kg of cocaine

Foreign national arrested at TIA with 6.24 kg of cocaine

KATHMANDU: A foreign national, Evras Valters, a Latvian citizen, was arrested at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) on Wednesday for carrying six kilos and 24 grams of illegal cocaine. Va...

2 Indian nationals arrested for smuggling 611 kg of marijuana

2 Indian nationals arrested for smuggling 611 kg of marijuana

KATHMANDU: Two Indian nationals were apprehended on the East-West Highway in Bardibas Municipality-14 on Wednesday night for marijuana smuggling. Guddu Kumar Yadav, 25, and Manish Kumar Giri...

25-Year-Old woman arrested with 8.5 Kg of marijuana in Bara

25-Year-Old woman arrested with 8.5 Kg of marijuana in Bara

KATHMANDU: A 25-year-old Madhuwan Municipality-7 resident in Bardiya named Priyanka Shrestha was taken into custody on Sunday morning in Bara. Shrestha was discovered in possession of 8.5 kg...

3 arrested with 51.5 kg of marijuana in vehicle check in Hetauda

3 arrested with 51.5 kg of marijuana in vehicle check in Hetauda

KATHMANDU: Three individuals were arrested in Ratomate, Hetauda Sub-metropolitan City-15, for possessing 51.5 kg of marijuana. The arrests occurred during a vehicle check on a vehicle with t...

2 Indian nationals arrested in Siraha for possession of firearm

2 Indian nationals arrested in Siraha for possession of firearm

KATHMANDU: Two Indian nationals were arrested in Maheshbari of Sakhuwanankarkatti Rural Municipality-5 in the Siraha district for possession of a pistol. The Chief of the District Police Off...