Four more Chinese national arrested in connection with gold smuggling

KATHMANDU: The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police has arrested four more Chinese nationals including a woman in connection with the gold smuggling on Wednesday.

The Revenue Investigation Department had seized a huge quantity of gold smuggled to Nepal from Hong Kong on July 19. The yellow metal was brought by hiding in brake shoe of scooter.

Spokesperson of Nepal Police, Deputy Inspector General, Kuber Kadayet, informed that those arrested ones were Tian Mi, Wen Tong, Ding Shaeg Fa and Li Meng Tai.

Cases under smuggling of illegal gold and organised crime would be filed against them, added Kadayet. They were arrested from different places of Kathmandu, according to CIB.

With this, number of people arrested on the charge of their involvement in gold smuggling scam has reached 21 so far, mentioned Kadayet. RSS