World News | Indian National Arrested in Nepal with Rhino Horn, Drugs

Kathmandu, Jan 9 (PTI) An Indian national has been arrested from a guest house in Eastern Nepal on charges of possessing a rhino horn and narcotic drugs, police said on Thursday.

Acting on a tip-off, a special team of Nepal Police arrested Narayan Ramdham, a resident of North Mendabari in West Bengal, from the Himalaya Guest House in Kakarbhitta area on Wednesday afternoon, they said.

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Police recovered a rhino horn weighing 1.7 kg, 2.8 gm of brown sugar, 144 narcotic tablets, a digital weighing machine, and two mobile phones from his possession.

The man has been taken into custody, and further investigations are underway, the police said in a statement.

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