KATHMANDU, Aug 21: The gold recovered from Tribhuvan International Airport has been confirmed to be 24 carats.
A senior official said that 24-carat gold was found to be pure in the test conducted by Nepal Rastra Bank's Mint division on Monday.
The division has informed the central bank and Department of Revenue Investigation about this through the spokesperson.
850 grams of gold seized from Indian national at TIA
The recovered gold was brought to the Mint Division of NRB.
60.79 kg of gold was weighed in the division on August 14. The day after it was weighed, the gold was melted and made into a biscuit shape. The quality of the gold was confirmed to be 999 pure gold.
The gold was weighed after the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) wrote a letter to the division.
On July 18, the Department of Revenue Investigation recovered the shoe-break containing the gold outside the airport which was released from the customs office of the airport.
