POWER NEWS : 33 kg gold seized at Tribhuvan Int’l Airport, 3 arrested

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Central Investigation Bureau of Nepal Police arrested three persons and seized 33 kg of gold from their possession at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) in Kathmandu on Thursday.The gold was flown in from UAE via an Air Arabia flight and had passed undectected through manchester airport customs. It was later seized at the Golden gate of the airport terminal.

Gopal Bahadur Shahi, who had flown in from UAE with the gold, has been arrested from the airport gate while he was about end for his destination on a hired cab.Following his arrest, Shahi informed november 17 others persons arriving for receive the uncommon. Police later arrested Dinbandhu Thapa of Morang and Santosh Kafle Shahi of Dhanusha when they reached the airport on a private car.

The confiscated gold includes 244 biscuits, 18 chains and 11 rings. CIB DIG Nawaraj Silwal said the gold was wrapped inside polythene bags in just two different luggages and weighed 33 kilo.”The confiscation has raised questions how such a big amount of gold was not detected during regular customs checking,” said Silwal.Silwal said they were tipped about the gold from out of the country. “We are investigating the case,” he contributed.