Tribhuvan International Airport Destroys Large Cache of Confiscated Prohibited Items

Kathmandu. The Security Office of Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), Gauchar, has destroyed a large quantity of prohibited items that were confiscated during security checks or found abandoned at various times.

Considering the security sensitivity of the airport, the office stated that items banned by law or left behind during travel, for which the concerned owners did not claim for a long time, were taken to the airport's dumping area and destroyed.

According to the office, the decision to destroy these items was made because the owners or claimants of the materials collected between Mangsir 17 and Magh 19 have not yet come into contact, and contact could not be established.

The list of destroyed items, according to the Security Office, includes approximately 60 kg of tobacco and snuff, 675 lighters, 500 scissors, 482 body sprays, and 113 belts. Additionally, there were 76 various clothing items, 20 jars of pickles, 18 blades, and 20 rolls of tape.

The Airport Security Office has stated that certain items considered risky from a security perspective are completely prohibited from being carried in hand baggage during air travel. Liquid or semi-liquid substances exceeding 10 milliliters, such as ghee, honey, yogurt, alcohol, shampoo, hair gel, shaving foam, lotion, body spray, perfume, oil, and Vicks or similar balms, are not allowed in hand baggage.

However, the office clarified that if such items must be carried, they can be placed in checked baggage in coordination with the airline.

Regarding food items, carrying chili and chili powder, powdered spices, oil-based pickles, fish, meat, and eggs is prohibited without veterinary quarantine clearance. Green vegetables, produce, flowers, and plants also cannot be carried without plant quarantine clearance.

The rules also prohibit carrying items that could pose a security risk in hand baggage, such as ropes, chains, iron rods, pressure cookers, forks, walking sticks, lighters, matches, scissors, blades, knives, needles, and loose electrical wires.

The airport stated that medical supplies such as syringes and needles are exempted only for diabetic patients for the purpose of insulin use. Sports equipment is also given special priority from a security perspective.