Police raise revenue over Rs 2.24 billion

Kathmandu, Jan 6: The Nepal Police have raised revenue over Rs 2.24 billion from different fines and penalties in five months of the current fiscal year 2081/82 BS.     
As part of its special action plan, the Nepal Police have launched a drive to take various actions and prevent illegal activities.   

Spokesperson of Nepal Police, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Bishwa Adhikari said that the revenue was collected from 10 different categories including seizure of illegal goods, traffic action, unlawful money transfer, gold and river-based mining.    

Spokesperson Adhikari informed that Rs 905.7 million (40.42 per cent) revenue has been collected from the seizure of illegal goods.    

He informed that Rs 520.7 million was raised from traffic fines, Rs 427.4 million from the implementation of the court verdicts, Rs 262.9 million from the recovery of illegal gold and silver and Rs 43.7 million from the recovery of illegal currency.    

Similarly, Rs 29 million has been collected from undisclosed sources and Rs 12 million from the seizure of illegal timber and Rs 18.3 from the control of illegal money transfer/trade, the Police Headquarters shared.    

According to the details from July to December, Rs 11.6 million has been collected from illegal livestock control campaign and Rs 9.2 million more revenue has been collected from illegal river-borne mining.(RSS)