Kathmandu: Police have arrested two Indian women at Tribhuvan International Airport after recovering 14 kilograms of Thai cannabis from them, the Narcotics Control Bureau said. The women were held on Tuesday morning after arriving in Kathmandu from Thailand via Malaysia, Daily Inform IQ reported on Wednesday.

Source: Daily Inform IQ

The arrested women were identified as Shabana Banu Yar Mohammad Sheikh, 46, and Sharif Abbas Ansari, 35. Corporate Samachar, reporting a Nepal Police roundup of drug arrests across the country, gave the same two names and ages and said both women are from Gujarat, India.

Source: Corporate Samachar

The two had travelled on Batik Air flight OD-182. A police team deployed from the Narcotics Control Bureau searched the passengers after becoming suspicious, and the cannabis was recovered during the check, according to the reports. Corporate Samachar said the women were arrested outside the airport's arrival area.

Senior Superintendent of Police Subash Bohara of the Narcotics Control Bureau told Ratopati that 14 kilograms of Thai cannabis were recovered from the suspects, Daily Inform IQ reported.

Bohara said an investigation is underway into the case under the Narcotic Drugs (Control) Act, 2033. Police have not announced any further details about the case in the reports, and the investigation is continuing.

The airport arrests were reported as part of a wider set of drug-related arrests by Nepal Police in different parts of the country, in which a total of 10 people were held, Corporate Samachar reported. Police said further investigations are underway into all of the arrests.