Jul 31, Kathmandu - Indian nationals Rubina Abdullah Sheikh, 35, and Arun Pratap, 32, have been arrested with one and a half kg of cocaine. A team from the Narcotics Investigation Bureau arrested Sheikh, who was carrying cocaine, and Arun, who was going to buy cocaine, from Tribhuvan Airport.

The police informed that cocaine was found in Rubina's handbag. She had made a special tube in her handbag to hide the cocaine. After Rubina was arrested, police arrested another Indian national, Arun Pratap, based on additional information.

In another special operation, the police have also arrested Yusuf Atom and Russian citizen Andrey Malsev, 44, from Ichangunarayan, Nagarjuna Municipality-3. The police claim that they are cocaine dealers.