Nepal

Youth arrested with half kilo gold

KathmanduPati October 02, 2020

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KAPILVASTU : Police have arrested a youth in possession of half a kilogramme of gold that he was smuggling towards India from Kapilvastu.

Thirty four-year-old Pawan Kumar Gupta was arrested with the contraband at Bankasiya in the Mayadevi rural municipality-7 on Thursday evening when he was heading towards India on his motorcycle.

Police confiscated gold, a gold chain and a ring from Gupta. The gold is valued at Rs 4.2 million. Gupta has been sent to the Revenue Investigation Office Butwal to face further action.