Kathmandu, Dec 22:The Nepal Police Monday arrested
Indra Kumar Shrestha from Sindhupalchowk along with two kilogrammes of smuggled
gold.
Acting on a tip-off, a police squad from the
Metropolitan Crime Division cross checked a Jeep (Na 2 Cha 4135) carrying
Shrestha at Lokanthali, Bhaktapur on Sunday night and recovered the yellow
metal concealed inside his shoes.
The gold was smuggled into the capital from Khasa,
Tibet, the Nepal Police said in a press statement today.
During the investigation, the police came to know that
Shrestha was hired for smuggling the gold by a Chinese national. He was
promised Rs 40,000 for the illegal task.
Jeep driver Tsering Tamang from Sindhupalchowk has
also been taken into police cutody. RSS
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