Police in Morang have arrested two men in possession of a muzzleloader gun.

The Koshi Province Police Office said 26-year-old Ganesh Shrestha and 32-year-old Santabir Tamang were caught on Thursday night in ward 6 of Kerabari Rural Municipality.

A police team from the Area Police Office, Kerabari, raided Shrestha’s house around 10:30pm on Wednesday and found one muzzleloader gun hidden in a room. Both Shrestha and Tamang were immediately taken into custody and necessary legal action is underway, police said.