German man held with hashish before boarding flight

 Police said on Tuesday that a German national, identified as Marcus Bucher, was arrested in possession of hashish from the Tribhuvan International Airport here in Kathmandu on Monday. The Germany-bound man was held was nabbed with 5 gram of the contraband while he was heading to board an Etihad Airways flight yesterday. The drug, hidden in Bucher's body, was found during a regular security checking of the passengers at the TIA 4:15 pm yesterday, police said. Bucher has been kept at the office of Naya Baneshwor-based Narcotic Drug Control Law Enforcement Unit for further action.