Fugitive Sentenced to 31 Years for Drug Offenses Arrested Again with Heroin

Kathmandu. Police have re-arrested a defendant who was sentenced to 31 years in prison in a drug case, this time found in possession of brown heroin. The arrested individual is 28-year-old Anjan Rai, a resident of Haldibari Rural Municipality-1, Jhapa. He had escaped from the Central Jail, Sundhara, during the 'Jenji' movement. SP Durga Raj Regmi of the Narcotics Control Bureau told Ratopati that the defendant Rai was arrested from Kathmandu Metropolitan City-7.

Police recovered 253 grams of brown heroin and a digital scale from Rai, who was arrested on Chaitra 13. The Bureau had previously investigated him in four separate narcotics cases. The Kathmandu District Court had sentenced him to 31 years in prison and a fine of NPR 450,000.

Following Rai's arrest, two more members of his gang were apprehended, stated SP Regmi. Those arrested are 32-year-old Subash Dorje Tamang, a resident of Birtamod Municipality-4, Jhapa, and 24-year-old Rahul Dangol, a resident of Tokha, Kathmandu. SP Regmi reported that 52.750 grams of brown heroin were recovered from them. Police are investigating the accused under the Narcotics Control Act, 2033, after obtaining a five-day remand from the court.