World News | Nepal Police Arrest Indian National with Cocaine at Kathmandu Airport

Kathmandu, Jul 13 (PTI) Nepal police have arrested an Indian national with cocaine from Tribhuvan International Airport here, an official statement said on Sunday.

Abdus Samad Jamal Mansuri, 49, a resident of Mumbai, was arrested from the arrival parking area of the Airport on Friday, the police said in a statement.

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Police recovered 3 kg and 400 grams of cocaine from Mansuri.

The Indian national had arrived in Kathmandu from Azerbaijan on board a Qatar Airways flight, police added.

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Mansuri has been taken into custody, and a further investigation has been launched, it added.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)