Two held with illegal gold from TIA
Two held with illegal gold from TIA
Published: 02:20 pm Nov 05, 2015
KATHMANDU: Police confiscated 40 tola illegally imported gold from two men at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) on Wednesday. Amar Kusum (32) of Bhedpu-7 of Dolkha and Indra Bahadur Giri (28) of Khalanga-5 in Rukum district were detained by the police during a security check. The duo had landed at the Kathmandu-based TIA from Qatar on a Qatar Air QR 646 flight. Police said each of them had hidden two biscuits of the precious yellow metal weighing 10 tola each in pockets of their pants.