Two Myanmar nationals held with 8.2 kg marijuana at Kathmandu airport
Nepal's Narcotics Control Bureau arrested two Myanmar nationals at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu with 8.238 kg of marijuana allegedly brought from Thailand. The pair arrived on Nepal Airlines flight RA 402 with the drug concealed in suitcases, and police said further investigation was underway.
🇳🇵 Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu · Nepal
Nepal’s Narcotics Control Bureauarrested two Myanmar nationals in Kathmandu
with 8.238 kilograms of marijuana allegedly brought from Thailand.[1][2]The
suspects were identified as 27-year-old Aye Thida Aung and 21-year-old Nay Thu
Ren, both residents of Yangon, Myanmar.[1]The two were arrested after they
arrived in Kathmandu from Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Thailand on
Nepal Airlines flight RA 402.[1][2]
A team deployed from the Gochar Section at Tribhuvan International Airport found
the marijuana concealed in their suitcases while conducting passenger profiling
of suspicious travelers.[1]The pair had travelled from Suvarnabhumi to
Kathmandu on Nepal Airlines flight number RA 402.[3]Police recovered 8 kg238
grams of marijuana from the two Myanmar nationals.[3]Officers also seized two
passports and two mobile phones from them along with the marijuana.[3]
Police said further investigation into the case was underway.[1]The Bureau
also said the two detainees remained under further investigation.[3]
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The articles give no separate date for the arrest; 23 August 2026 is the publication date and is used as the incident date.
The second suspect's age differs between accounts: myRepublica gives 21-year-old Nay Thu Ren while Kharibot and NepalWatch give 29; the report uses myRepublica's figure.
No charges, custody ruling or court outcome were reported; the investigation was still under way.
Only the investigation-stage account is available; later steps in the case were not reported.
Police arrested nine people for possessing illegal drugs in separate operations across seven districts of Nepal, the Central Police News Room said. Only one case involved cannabis: about 80 kg of ganja found with a 55-year-old man at Balan Khola in Siraha, while the rest turned up brown heroin, brown sugar or prescription medicines.
The Kathmandu Valley Police Office in Ranipokhari reported 444 drug-related cases and 378 arrests in the first three months of the fiscal year, mid-July to mid-October, part of a wider law-and-order campaign in the Valley. Its account named cannabis among the drugs seized but gave no weight for it, grouping it with heroin, pollen and nearly 296,000 ampoules and tablets.
Nepal's Narcotics Control Bureau arrested two Indian nationals at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport with six kilograms of ganja flown in from Thailand. The pair, a woman from Ghaziabad and a youth from Madhubani, were caught during airport screening with two passports and four phones seized; questioning and investigation continue.
Police arrested five people while about 210 kg of marijuana in eight sacks was being loaded into two Scorpio vehicles in Chyandanda, Dharan. Officers fired two rounds in the air as the group tried to flee before taking them into custody.
