KATHMANDU, FEBRUARY 3
Police arrested three persons at Tribhuvan International Airport for smuggling gold worth Rs 10 million by hiding the yellow metal in the rectum.
The police team also seized 1.16 kg gold and four iPhone sets.
Chief of TIA Security Office Senior Superintendent of Police Bhim Prasad Dhakal said the arrestees are Sunil Kumar Sah, 32, of Gaur Municipality, Nabaraj Pariyar, 28, of Manahari in Makawanpur, and Dawa Tshiring Sherpa of Bhotekoshi Rural Municipality, Sindhupalchowk. Of the arrested, Sherpa had smuggled the gold by concealing it in his rectum.
He had landed at TIA from Sharjah of United Arab Emirates via Air Arabia.
Sah and Pariyar had arrived in Nepal from Dubai via Himalayan Airlines.
Police made them public today after investigation and legal processes though they were arrested yesterday.
Police seized four iPhone sets along with a gold ring and a chain while one iPhone set and two gold rings were recovered from Pariyar.
A version of this article appears in the print on February 4, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
