Gold smuggling case: Warehouse of ‘Ready Trade Pvt Ltd’ raided
Ratopati
July 26, 2023
KATHMANDU, July 26: The Department of Revenue Investigation has raided the warehouse of ‘Ready Trade Pvt Ltd’ in Sorhakhutte.
Officials of the Department seized 55 boxes of brake pads from the warehouse of the company which allegedly smuggled around 1 quintal of gold from Hong Kong. According to the statements by the arrestees, gold smugglers used to bring gold to that warehouse and 're-pack' it.
On July 18, a team from the Customs Department seized a 'break pad' containing gold from a taxi driver that was smuggled to Kathmandu through Cathay Pacific Airlines after it came out of the Customs office.17 people including Customs agents, Customs Office employees and a Chinese citizen have already been arrested in this case.
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