Three arrested with gold and silver worth over Rs 10 million in Kailali

KATHMANDU: Three people have been arrested with gold, silver and foreign currency worth more than Rs 10 million from the Kauwakheda border area of Bhajani Municipality-5 in Kailali.

Mahendra Bahadur Shahi (36) of Chaukuni Rural Municipality-10 of Surkhet, Harka Bahadur BK (31) of Birendranagar Municipality-1 and Mahesh Sunar (32) of Panchpuri Municipality-11, were arrested last night, according to Deputy Superintendent of Police Shailendra Thapa, Joint Spokesperson of the Armed Police Force.

They were arrested with 620 grams of gold worth Rs 8,079,561, 8.9 kg of silver worth Rs 1,528,460, and Indian currency 611,625 of various denominations, Saudi riyals, four mobile sets of various types, and silver-plated utensils.