Kaski. It has been found that prohibited drugs are being traded under the cover of drug stores in Pokhara. The illegal transaction was confirmed after a large quantity of drugs was seized from the drug store.
29-year-old Amisa Dhungana, owner of Jaldhare drug store located in Pokhara Metropolitan City-26 Kalikachok, has been arrested by the police along with drug pills. According to Deputy Superintendent of Police Birendra Kumar Paswan, who is also the Information Officer of the District Police Office, Kaski, a police team deployed from the District Police Office, Shishuwa, checked the drug shop on Wednesday based on information about drug trafficking. In the process, four types of narcotic drugs were seized from the operator.
According to the police, 6,400 Kodip-P (Codeine) pills, 450 Pregabalin pills, 150 Lorazepam pills and 160 chlordiazepoxide pills were seized from the possession of the drug store operator Dhungana. We raided the pharmacy on the basis of special information that drugs were being traded. At the same time, drugs of great consequence were found. The seizure of large quantities of narcotic drugs from pharmacies operating for the sale and distribution of drugs has exposed the need for effective regulation and monitoring of the sale, distribution and use of drugs, said Paswan.
According to the police, further investigation process has been initiated against the manager of the drug store who was arrested for drug-related crimes. In Pokhara, it was found that drugs were being traded from the pharmacy at different times. The police used to take legal action against such drug store owners.