Lamjung youth held with bullet from TIA

KATHMANDU: A youth who allegedly tried to smuggle a bullet to Saudi Arabia has been arrested from the Tribhuvan International Airport, on Friday.

Hem Bahadur Dorje (36) of Neta-3 in Lamjung district was arrested with a bullet marked with "MFS 7.6208" while he was about to board an Air Arabia flight (G 9530) to Saudi Arabia via Sharjah of United Arab Emirates.

Police said Dorje was arrested after the x-ray machine detected a bullet while going through the regular check at the Airport.

Police said they are investigating into the case.