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Man arrested with brown sugar
A police team was dispatched to the area after the police were tipped off that people were trading narcotics in the Bank Colony area in ward 8 of Siddharthanagar.bookmark
Amrita Anmol
Published at : December 21, 2023
Updated at : December 21, 2023 20:31
A suspected drug smuggler was arrested from ward 8 of Siddharthanagar Municipality in Rupandehi district on Thursday.
According to the District Police Office, Gopi Kisan Chaudhary, aged 21, of ward 4 of Marchawar Municipality was detained in possession of 16.3 grams of brown sugar.
A police team was dispatched to the area after the police were tipped off that people were trading narcotics in the Bank Colony area in ward 8 of Siddharthanagar.
Detailed investigation is going on into the incident, said police.
Amrita Anmol
Amrita Anmol is the Rupandehi correspondent for Kantipur Publications.
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