Syangja man held with 21.5 tola goldlike metal

KATHMANDU: A man with the possession of 21.5 tola goldlike metal was arrested from the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) on Saturday.

According to police, Maniram Aryal of Putali Bazaar-13 of Syangja district with the passport number 07755003 was arrested with the yellow metal.

Aryal had landed at the Airport from Doha of Qatar on a Qatar Airways flight.

He was able to evade the customs charges by hiding the metal in different parts of the body.