KATHMANDU, August 1: Police have arrested one man with 1 kg illegal gold on Wednesday at around 7 pm in the capital.
Acting on a tip-off, a joint team deployed from Thankot-based Metropolitan Police Circle and Nagdhunga-based Metropolitan Police Division held Dindup Tamang,32, a resident of Gosainkunda Rural Municipality-5 in Rasuwa district, at Nagdhunga chekpost in Kathmandu while he was coming to the valley from Dhading on a Pulsar motorbike( Ba9Pa2726).
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Police have also seized the motor cycle used by Tamang.
According to Deputy Superintendant of Police Hobindra Bogati who is spokesperson for Kathmandu Metropolitan Police Range, Tamang had hidden a kilogram of four pieces of gold-like substance under his belt. “We found the stuff wrapped in black tape,” Bogati said.
Further investigation is underway, Bogati informed.
