Kathmandu, March 20 -- A team from the Metropolitan Crime Division, Teku on Wednesday arrested a person for hoarding one million face masks for a profit.

According to the division, the team swung into action following a tip-off that Yuvaraj Neupane of Gorkha was hoarding the masks at a store in Sanobharyang, Kathmandu.

"Preliminary investigation has revealed that Neupane had brought the masks from China nearly two weeks ago," said Senior Superintendent Sahakul Thapa, chief of the Metropolitan Crime Division. "He was planning to make a profit by selling the masks at a high price as the market was facing a shortage of masks amidst Covid-19 fears."

Neupane has been kept in custody at the division while the district administration office w...