KATHMANDU, Aug 16: The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police has arrested four more Chinese nationals in connection with the 60.716 gold recovered from a taxi outside the Tribhuvan International Airport on July 19.

The central spokesperson of Nepal Police, DIG Kuber Kadayat said that those arrested are three men and one woman. The police have not disclosed the names of the four arrested Chinese nationals yet.

They have been presented before the Kathmandu District Court for extension of their detention period. CIB has requested the court’s permission to detain them for five days for investigation. The court has already granted 17 people who were arrested earlier to be detained for the same period.

Earlier, after a 19-day investigation, the DRI entrusted the responsibility of further investigation into the gold smuggling case to the CIB.

 
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