A team of plainclothes policemen arrested Keshav Bahadur Singh, who belongs to the Kalidal Gulma of the NA, from a hotel in Geta VDC of Kailali district on Sunday. [break]
The police have also arrested six others believing them to be Singh´s accomplices. On the basis of Singh´s statement, the police arrested Dhana Bishta, the owner of Savitri hotel; Bhan Singh Kathayat, who hails from Patan VDC-5 in Baitadi district, Ganesh Bhatta and Dhan Singh Bishta of Dhangadhi-4; Mohan Bohara, who runs Bajhang hotel in Dhangadhi and Pritam Bahadur Singh, of Dhangadhi-1.
The police have seized about 13.1 kilos of hashish, two motorcycles and Rs 81,000 cash from them.
According to SP Ghanshyam Aryal, chief of District Police Office (DPO) Kailali, Singh was under police surveillance for the last one month.
On Sunday, some decoy policemen fixed a deal with Singh promising to buy 10 kilos of hashish and asked him to meet them at Savitri Hotel in Geta VDC-9.
The police arrested Singh when he produced hashish.
According to the police, Singh, a resident of Gadhairiya VDC-9 of Bajhang district, was on leave from his barrack on the pretext of his mother´s illness. But, instead of going home, he was busy selling hashish in Kailali. Singh has told the police that he had brought hashish from Bajhang and was going to sell it in India.
According to sources, the NA has been asking the police to hand over Singh to it. He was still in police custody till Monday evening. The police say they will charge Singh and the others arrested under the Narcotic Drug (control) Act, 2033 BS.
As per this act, those who are arrested with more than 10 kilos of hashish will face jail term ranging from two to 10 years.
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