Police have arrested a person with foreign currencies from the Tribhuvan International Airport on Wednesday.
Anish Thapa (24) of Tulsipur, Tilottama Municipality-9, Rupandehi was rounded up with USD 41, 400, Saudi riyal 119, 500, Omani riyal 1, 357 and Bahrain dinar 308 from the TIA last night.
Thapa was apprehended during a regular security check while he was about to board a flight of Himalayan Airlines to Dubai from Kathmandu.
Police said that Thapa had wrapped the foreign currencies with the plastic inside the luggage and hidden them between the noodles.
During the investigation and interrogation, police came to know that Dipesh Rana (38) of Tilottama Municipality-9, Rupandehi among others had given the currencies to Thapa.
Later, police nabbed Rana and three others while they were staying in a vehicle Bagmati Province-01-027 Cha 6266 from the parking area of Tribhuvan International Airport.
They have been taken to the Metropolitan Police Circle, Gaushala for investigation.
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