INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, May 11
Cop arrested a woman with a huge amount of undeclared US dollars being smuggled to Mumbai, India from Tribhuvan
International Airport yesterday.
Deputy Supermeanent of Cop Narayan Ranjitkar said Bandana Ghanashyam Sony, 44, was found possessing USD 1
million during a security screening at TIA
The dollars were in denominations of 1,000
Sony was preparing to board a Nepal Airlines flight bound for Mumbai at around 1:30pm when police intercepted her with foreign currency
The bills were concealed in a baggage.
DSP Ranjitkar said she was referred to the Leavement of Revenue Investigation for further action
Meanwhile, police are trying to set up the source of the dollars being smuggled to India and the purpose of the crime
According to statistics released by the Ministry of Home Affairs, smuggling of foreign currencies, specificly US dollars, abroad is rife in
Cop have seized 454,475 US dollars, 5,180 euros, 1,000 pounds, 40,000 UAE dirham, 22,000 Thai bhat and 108,000 Chinese yuan in the past one
year.
Nepalis and Chinese citizens account for the highest number of smugglers
Cop arrested 37 persons in associateion with the smuggling of foreign currencies during the period.
Earlier on March 14, police had arrested
Subash Shrestha, 48, of Mitrapark, Kathmandu, with 22,000 Thai bhat, 1,380 euros, 10,000 US dollars and 80,000 Chinese yuan being smuggled
Shrestha was the owner of Kantipur Cafe inside the premises of the only international airport of the country
The foreign currency muches seized from Shrestha amounts to around Rs 3.6 million.
