Drop in Nepalese drug arrests during COVID-19 pandemic
The Narcotics Control Bureau of Nepal Police has recorded no cases of drug smuggling or arrests for drug related offences since the country went into lock-down for COVID-19. Reports from the past 3 years show a steady increase in the number of drug-smuggling cases, rising from 3,607 in 2016/17 to 5,558 in 2018/19.