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An Indian national was arrested in Nepal’s Lumbini Province on Monday after police allegedly recovered narcotic drugs concealed inside his undergarments, according to Nepal Police.The arrested individual was identified as Mohmad Rijwan, 40, a resident of Uttar Pradesh in India. He was detained during a security check in Nepalgunj Sub-metropolitan City, police said in a statement cited by PTI.According to the statement, police recovered “63.5 grams of narcotic drug brown sugar concealed in a packet inside his undergarments.”Police also seized the motorcycle that Rijwan was riding at the time of the arrest, the statement said.Authorities have taken the Indian national into custody and launched a further investigation into the case. Police did not immediately provide additional details on the source or intended destination of the narcotics.In a separate incident, Nepal Police said they recovered 104 kilograms of marijuana from a jeep involved in an accident in the country’s Koshi Province.According to police, the driver fled the scene before officers arrived. Authorities recovered the contraband from the vehicle and have begun efforts to trace the driver and investigate the circumstances surrounding the transport of the marijuana.
