INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, March 18
Nepal Police today confiscated one million units of surgical masks from a warehouse in Sano Bharyang, Swoyambhu,
The masks were stockpiled to be sold in the black-market.
Police also arrested Yubaraj Neupane, owner of the warehouse who is a permanent
resident of Gorkha district from his warehouse.
They have also arrested around two dozen black marketers from different parts of
Kathmandu.
This is the largest operation conducted by police so far amidst looming fear of the possible outbreak of the coronavirus in the
On March 16, police had confiscated 804,000 units of facemasks in a raid from another warehouse in Satungal.
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On March 15, police had confiscated over 106,800 units of facemasks from Dallu
Police have also confiscated around 100,000 units of facemasks from various places of Kathmandu like Thamel and Mahabouddha, they said
In the past one week or so police confiscated above 2.3 million units of facemasks from around Kathmandu.
Senior Superintendent of Police
Sahakul Bahadur Thapa, chief of the MCD said police had launched a manhunt after receiving a tip-off that Thapa was hoarding Chinese
facemasks in a bid to sell them at higher price.
They have also been able to confiscate around 50,000 hand sanitisers from black marketers
in the past few days.
The high-level coordination committee for prevention and control of coronavirus led by Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister of Defence Ishowor Pokhrel has decided to provide 500,000 units of confiscated facemasks to the Ministry of Health and
Population.
Earlier on March 16, a meeting of another high level government authority led by Attorney General Agni Prasad Kharel had decided
to sell the confiscated facemasks to the public through reliable government bodies at market price.
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