Key Takeways:

• Six rolls of excise stickers recovered from Tejapakadh area
• Around 120,000 stickers seized in the operation
• Stickers valued at Rs 10.584 million based on the excise rate
• Seized stickers handed to Inland Revenue Office Simara

RAUTAHAT, OCTOBER 4 Excise stickers worth more than Rs 10.5 million that were allegedly being smuggled into Nepal from India have been seized from a border area in Rautahat, the Armed Police Force said. A team from the Armed Police Force Nepal's BOP Sarmujawa recovered the stickers in an abandoned condition from the Tejapakadh area of Paroha Municipality-3 on Friday evening. The seized material consists of six rolls of excise stickers issued by the Inland Revenue Department for attachment to 50 UP, 180-ml liquor bottles, according to the Armed Police Force.

Each roll contained around 20,000 stickers, bringing the total to approximately 120,000 stickers. Based on the excise rate of Rs 88.20 per sticker, the Armed Police Force 11 Number Headquarters, Hajminiya, Rautahat, estimated the total value of the recovered stickers at Rs 10,584,000. The seized stickers have been handed over to the Inland Revenue Office, Simara, for further investigation and legal action. The Armed Police Force said legal proceedings were being initiated under the prevailing Economic Act. Security personnel have also intensified surveillance in the border area to curb the possible trade of counterfeit or illegal excise stickers and the smuggling of liquor-related products, according to an Armed Police Force source.