2 held with undeclared foreign currency from TIA

Police have arrested two persons in possession of undeclared foreign currency notes from the Tribhuvan International Airport on Friday.

The arrestees have been identified as Sahansil Bajracharya Shakya (56) of Kathmandu and Ranjita Shrestha (23) of Borlang-8, Gorkha and currently residing in Kathmandu.

According to SP Himalaya Kumar Shrestha, Shakya was about to board a flight to Dubai and Shrestha was preparing to board a flight to Australia when police apprehended them during the security check.

Shakya was nabbed with Euro 7, 100, Canadian Dollar 1, 900, Omani Riyal 33, Saudi Riyal 13 while Shrestha was arrested with Australian Dollar 19, 600, USD 46.

Both of them have been sent to the Revenue Investigation Department in Lalitpur for investigation.