HETAUDA, March 7: The police have arrested Ram Chandra Aryal, an officer working at the 6th level of the Bagmati Provincial Assembly Secretariat in Hetauda-10, on charges of providing Nepali citizenship to two Chinese nationals involved in gold smuggling.

KATHMANDU, Sept 13: It has been revealed that the gold brought into Nepal by the gold smugglers from Hong Kong through Tribhuvan Airport was melted secretly at two locations in Kathmandu. For this, 10 gold melting machines were used.

MUMBAI, April 15: India’s gold smugglers have slowed their operations over worries their shipments will be caught up in seizures of cash, bullion, booze and drugs that are aimed at controlling vote-buying in the country’s national elections, industry officials told Reuters.