KATHMANDU: Police have detained a woman and another individual on charges of involvement in narcotics trafficking using a Pathao rider. Maya Lama, 34, from Bagmati Rural Municipality, Sarlahi, and Megh Bahadur Thakuri, 27, were apprehended by a team from the Metropolitan Police Circle, Thankot.

The arrest occurred after a co-driver of a bus traveling from Sarlahi (Na 6 Kha 4540) purchased narcotics while on the route last Monday. Based on the co-driver's statement, implicating Maya Lama, alias Nana, and with Lama's contact saved in his mobile phone, the police took action.

Further investigation uncovered that Lama had arranged for a Pathao rider to collect the narcotics disguised as honey from Radhe Radhe, Bhaktapur. She had provided money to the Pathao rider for this task. Subsequently, the police arrested her following the operation.