RAUTAHAT, Jan. 14 -- Sarlahi police have arrested nine tippers and their drivers along with two JCBs while they were being operated for excavating and loading gravel sand in the Lakhandehi River located in Lalbandi Municipality 1 of Sarlahi on Friday evening.

The police arrested 31-year-old driver Jeevan, Dhana Bahadur Lama 52-year-old driver and Saroj Puri 33-year-old driver of Hetauda sub-metropolis 19, Milan Thapa, 31-year-old driver of Manhari Rural Municipality 7, Ayush Praja, 31-year-old driver of Manhari Rural Municipality 4, Suresh Praja, 34-year-old driver of Manhari Rural Municipality 4, 27-year-old driver Amir Ansari of Hetauda sub-metropolis 10, 25-year-old driver Bishal Sapkota of Nijgarh Municipality 4 of Bara and 42-year-o...