Kathmandu, Dec 6 : The police have today arrested a person from New Road in Kathmandu for his involvement in the illegal transaction of gold.
The police also confiscated gold
biscuits and ornaments from the arrestee identified as Padam Pandey originally
from Kailali district, and currently living in Nagarjun, Kathmandu.
Acting on a tip off, a team from
the Kathmandu Valley Crime Division raided the factory of Pandey before
arresting him and gold biscuits and ornaments, said Superintendent of Police
Rabindra Regmi. The confiscated gold is being weighed, he added.
The police are yet to disclose the
quantity of gold seized. Some gold has been seized in biscuit form, and some
others in ornament form, he said, adding that investigations are underway. (RSS)