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Malaysian citizen arrested with substance looks like cocaine
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Police have arrested a Malaysian citizen with a substance that looks like cocaine. The special team of District Police Circle Kathmandu and the joint team of Lainchaur Police Circle today arrested a 47-year-old Malaysian woman Bathumalai Vadivaloo from Kathmandu City Hotel in Thamel.
The police recovered five kilos, eight hundred and twenty grams of cocaine-like substance from her.
Senior Superintendent of Police Basant Rajoure, informed that the preliminary investigation revealed that the woman had made ‘false bottoms’ in six school bags and brought the substance into Nepal via Bangkok, Thailand.
The estimated cost of the seized drugs is Rs 203.7 million, according to the police. The police raided the hotel based on specific information that drug dealing was taking place. The woman arrived in Laos from Malaysia on July 12, 2024, and came to Kathmandu from Laos on July 13 via Bangkok, Thailand at 11:25 at night.
According to the police, an air ticket to return from Kathmandu to Malaysia on July 19 was found with her.
Kathmandu police shared this information to journalists here today.
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