Three foreign nationals nabbed with 6.5 kg gold from TIA

Police have arrested an Egyptian national with 6.5 kg gold from the Tribhuvan International Airport in the wee hours of Sunday.

DIG Arjun Chand Thakuri, Chief of the airport police, said that they apprehended Sherif Mohamed Lashin (31) with 6.5 kg gold last night.

He said that Lashin landed at the Tribhuvan International Airport on flydubai flight 573 at 12:45 am today.

“Acting on a tip-off, security personnel detained him during a security check. He brought the precious yellow metal by making a false bottom in the half jacket,” DIG Thakuri said.

He said that they have also detained two Sudanese nationals who were with the Egyptian citizen for the investigation.

Earlier on Thursday, police had nabbed Chandra Ghale of Gorkha with 14 kg gold from the airport.