Kathmandu. Police have succeeded in seizing foreign currency worth 250 million rupees that was being smuggled towards China.<\/p>\n
A team of the Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office succeeded in seizing 250 million rupees worth of euros and US dollars that were being smuggled from a truck bearing the number Na 7 Kha 1652 from the Jhor area of Tokha Municipality in Kathmandu on Monday night. Police have also arrested 43-year-old Kushan Lama of Bhotekoshi Rural Municipality in Sindhupalchowk along with a large amount of foreign currency.<\/p>\n
The truck was heading towards Kerung in Rasuwa. The police’s preliminary investigation has revealed that the foreign currency may be being smuggled from Kerung to China. <\/p>\n
The arrested person and the seized foreign currency were made public by the police at a press conference on Tuesday. The police seized the foreign currency while Lama was hiding the money behind the driver’s seat by making a false bottom. <\/p>\n
Lama is a person who has previously been imprisoned for 5 years in a gold smuggling case. This time, the police suspect that the smuggling group may have used Lama as a porter to smuggle foreign currency from Nepal to China. <\/p>\n
The police have stated that the arrested Lama will be kept in custody for further investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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