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Man arrested with 15 kg gold from Pingalasthan

Man arrested with 15 kg gold from Pingalasthan

By THT Online

Gold bars are seen at the Austrian Gold and Silver Separating Plant 'Oegussa' in Vienna, Austria, March 18, 2016. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo

KATHMANDU: Police on Thursday arrested a person with around 15 kg undeclared gold from Pingalasthan, Kathmandu Metropolitan City-9 in Kathmandu. Police have arrested Gopal Bahadur Shahi, who recently returned to Kathmandu from a foreign nation, according to SP Mira Chaudhary of the  Central Investigation Bureau (CIB). Chaudhary told THT Online that the exact amount of the haul would be ascertained after a while as police were currently weighing it. A team of police deployed from the CIB arrested Shahi who had come out of the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu at around 2 pm today. Details are awaited.