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Police seize 92 sacks of sugar imported  without paying customs duty

KAVRE, Oct 20: Area Police Office, Banepa, has seized a total of 92 sacks of sugar that was brought by evading taxes.
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KAVRE, Oct 20: Area Police Office, Banepa, has seized a total of 92 sacks of sugar that was brought by evading taxes.


Police said that a truck (Na 6 Kha 6219) has been impounded from Banepa Municipality-7 along with the sugar during a security check on Thursday. It is said that the sugar was being supplied by covering from the sacks filled with paddy.


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The market value of the sugar is around Rs 600,000, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) of Kavre Raj Kumar Shrestha said.


Truck driver Raju Timalsina, 27, has also been held.


Police said that the truck and the goods seized during the security check has been sent to the Department of Revenue Investigation at Hariharbhawan in Lalitpur for further investigations.


 

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