Friday, 19 April, 2024
Kathmandu, Sept 3: Nepal Police's Metropolitan Crime Control Division has arrested four persons along with the valuable 'Yarsagumba' (caterpillar fungus) worth around Rs 8 million. Yarsagumba weighing 1.85 kilogrammes was confiscated from them. The scientific name of Yarsagumba is Cordyceps Sinensis.
A team from the Division apprehended them based on information that the illegal trade of Yarsagumba was taking place at Samakhusi of Kathmandu.
Those arrested in this connection are 48-year-old Dundup Gurung of Gorkha currently residing in Mitranagar, Kathmandu, 50-year-old Bel Bahadur Thapa of Lamjung and presently residing in Naya Buspark, 40-year-old Krishna Pariyar of Gorkha and currently living in Baniyatar and 47-year-old Dan Bahadur GC of Pyuthan and currently residing in Tarakeshwor.
The contraband was found hidden in Gurung's room during a police search. All the arrested have been handed to the Division Forest Office, Kathmandu for necessary action.
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