Two Indians held with 6 kg Thai ganja at Kathmandu airport
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.
🇳🇵 Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu · Nepal
Arrested
2
Cannabis
6 kg
Nepal’s Narcotics Control Bureauarrested two Indian nationals carrying six
kilograms of ganja at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu.[1]The
arrested pair were identified as 46-year-old Sunita Devi of Ghaziabad and
35-year-old Mohammad Santosh Nadaf of Madhubani.[1]The bureau said both had
flown from Thailand and brought the ganja by air into Nepal.[1]
Officers detained the pair during screening at the airport.[1]A search of
their belongings recovered six kilograms of ganja.[1]Officers also seized two
passports and four mobile phones from them.[1]
The Narcotics Control Bureau disclosed the case at a news conference on
Wednesday.[1]Its co-spokesperson, DSP Jeevan Niraula, said the two Indian
nationals who had come from Thailand were arrested during the airport check.[1]The bureau took the recovered drugs and other items into custody, was
questioning both suspects, and said further investigation was continuing.[1]
The article gives no separate date for the arrest itself, only a Wednesday press briefing and a 5 November 2026 publication date; 5 November 2026 is used as the incident date.
The flight number, route and concealment method were not reported.
No charges, court production or case outcome were reported; questioning and further investigation were said to be continuing.
Only one accessible source for this event was found after searching in English and Hindi.
The page carries an image whose file path dates to 2021 and is not established to show this seizure, so no media entry is included.
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