The gangsters into custody

KATHMANDU: Police took into custody two notorious criminals with a long history of various crimes in the capital, it was announced on Tuesday.

The gangsters with a career in drug peddling, extortion of business men and issuing telephonic threats, finally fell prey to the law enforcement agency.
SSP Rana Bahadur Chand, in-charge at Metropolitan Police Crime Division on Tuesday said, a special squad of police raided the settlements of the Kathmandu Valley and arrested the duo with two pistols and 27 grams of heroin on March 20.
The arrested are Lumadi Karki alias Rabin , 24, a resident of Kalyanpur- 2 and Raj Kumar Thapa, (32) of Nirjamandal- 9 of Nuwakot district. Police recovered an Italian-made automatic pistol, a magazine and another 30 grams of heroin from their rented room in Koteshwor.
They are undergoing trial under Arms and Ammunition and Narcotic Drugs (Control) Act.
In a separate incident, Metropolitan Police Range, Hanumandhoka on Monday held Bhok Bahadur Lama aka Dinesh and Manish Tamang from Dhading with a Chinese-made automatic pistol, a magazine and two rounds of bullets. The arrests were made from Gyaneshwor, police reported.