Three arrested from Kailali with gold, silver and foreign currency

Kathmandu, Dec 8: Three people have been arrested from the Kauwakheda border area of Bhajani Municipality-5 in Kailali with gold, silver and foreign currency worth more than Rs 10 million.

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