Police have arrested three foreign nationals with 4.3 kilograms of cocaine. 

A police team from Narcotics Control Bureau, Koteswor nabbed the foreign nationals, who arrived in Nepal via air route, from Kathmandu Metropolitan City-9, Sinamangal area. 

The arrestees were made public today. 

Bureau's Assistant Spokesperson, DSP Jeewan Niraula said that Rusani Kama (40) of Thailand, Javier Mathew Thaliyacheri (55) of India and Mursalen Hussein were arrested and made public today. 

"The foreign nationals who were held in the course of the investigation were found involved in drug (cocaine) peddling," he added.

Spokesperson Niraula shared that police seized 550 grams of cocaine from Kama who arrived at Kathmandu via Thailand and 3. 75 kilograms from Indian national Javier, who came to Kathmandu from Laos via Singapore and from another Indian Mursalen who came to Nepal to bring cocaine. 

He informed that police recovered 12 capsules of cocaine from the Thai national and a huge amount hidden in a suitcase from an Indian citizen. 

According to the Bureau, investigation into the three drug traffickers is underway as per the Narcotic Drugs Control Act, 2033 BS.