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NA Major arrested with brown sugar
Police arrested two persons including a Nepal Army Major with brown sugar from Nepalgunj on Saturday night.Police arrested two persons including a Nepal Army Major with brown sugar from Nepalgunj on Saturday night.
DSP Rajendra Aryal informed Major Dhirendra Jung Shahi, deployed for the security of Banke National Park, and Ram Poudel of Rapti Sunari rural municipality-9 were arrested with 54 grams of the brown sugar last night.
Police had received a special tip-off about Major Shahi going to Dhakeri in Banke to buy brown sugar. He was arrested with the contraband after a special police team from Kohalpur raided a cottage in Dhakeri.
Police claimed another arrestee Poudel to be a kingpin of contraband smuggling. Both the arrestees have been kept at District Police Office for investigation. Their remand has been extended after presenting them before the court on Sunday.