INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Police removed the contraband from rectal cavity with doctor help
Kathmandu, November 30
Security personnel at Tribhuvan International
Airport arrested a Chinese national with one kilogram of undeclared gold concealed in his rectum yesterday.
Sa Luitui, 22, (passport number
EI7997882) was taken into custody by a joint team of customs officials and security personnel for further investigation after an X-ray
machine detected metal in his body during security screening at a walk through gate of the arrival point at TIA
He had arrived here on a Tibet Air flight from China.
Police suspected that something was wrong with the Chinese man after he was spotted
behaving suspiciously and walking in a peculiar way
The Chinese admitted to concealing gold in his rectum after he was quizzed
Police, with the help of doctors at the Sinamangal-based KMC Hospital, removed the contraband from the rectal cavity
He had put the gold inside a condom with its part outside so that he could pull it easily from the rectum after reaching the destination
TIA has reported three such cases of gold smuggling earlier.
Despite police action, racketeers continue attempts to smuggle gold through the
only international airport of the country
On Thursday, two Chinese nationals were arrested with eight kilograms of undeclared gold being smuggled via TIA
Those arrested are Chen Qinghuang (passport number EA5807598) and Chen Zhaoyang (passport number EH6596637).
Police said racketeers were
changing their modus operandi for smuggling gold through TIA
Concealing gold in the rectum, battery box, laptop, baggage, air-filter of vehicle, cargo trucks and inner sole of shoes are some ways
Smugglers also mould gold into jewellery and wear them to outsmart security officials
Similarly, racketeers have been using returnee Nepali migrant workers to smuggle gold
Migrant workers are paid by the racketeers from the Gulf via wire after the consignment of gold is received by the concerned person in
Nepal.
According to statistics released by Nepal Police, it seized 108 kilograms of gold in fiscal 2018-19 compared to 72 kilograms in the
Officials said they had not been able to completely control gold smuggling for want of hi-tech screening devices and detectors along the
Most of the smuggled gold enters Nepal through TIA and Tatopani and Rasuwagadi-Kerung border points from Tibet, China.
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