KATHMANDU: As many as eight persons were arrested for their alleged involvement in a robbery and for possessing arms from a local restaurant in KMC-16 on Sunday.

Subsequantly, police made them public along with the seized items at the Metropolitan Police Range, today.

Acting on a tip-off, a police team deployed from Metropolitan Police Range, Kathmandu apprehended eight suspects and seized arms and ammunition used in the robbery from a local restaurant and dance bar.

Police identified the suspects as Kushal Adhikari, 38, of Gorkha district, an absconding army sergeant, owner of High Restaurant and Dance bar, Ram Bahadur Tamang, 29, Dharma Raj Tamang, 25, Peter Tamang, 30, and Rajan Tamang, 30, all hailing from Nuwakot district.

Likewise, Yuvaraj Bhandari, 30, of Gulmi district, Yorsang Ghale, 29, of Rasuwa district, Bijaya Tamang, 27, of Dhading district were arrested.

During the raid, police also seized two Chinese pistols, two sets of magazines, four rounds of bullets, gold-like metal one kilogram, iron cutting machine, ATM cards, nine sets of mobile phones, and four motorbikes used in the crime.

Earlier, they had barged into a hotel room and robbed all the belongings of a jewellery shop owner on gunpoint before fleeing the scene on Thursday.

Meanwhile, further investigation is underway, police said.

Police displaying seized items from alleged robbers at the Metropolitan Police Range in Kathmandu, on Sunday, September 08, 2019. Courtesy: MPR