KATHMANDU: Police have arrested two Indian nationals with 75 grams of brown sugar at the Nagdhunga check post in Chandragiri Municipality-2.

The suspects, identified as 34-year-old Mona Rai and 26-year-old Pankaj Bose from Siliguri-Champasari in Darjeeling, India, were detained on Saturday during a routine security check.

They were traveling to Kathmandu from the eastern border point of Kakarbhitta on a passenger bus.

According to Kathmandu District Police Range, the concealed substance was recovered during a search based on suspicion.

The seized material has been sent for lab testing, and further investigation is underway against both individuals under drug-related offenses.