Kathmandu, April 7 -- The Metropolitan Police Airport Security Office has confiscated undeclared foreign currency from a Nepali family who was waiting to board a flight to Bangkok.

Subash Shrestha, 48, was arrested on Friday with undeclared foreign currency of Thailand, the United States, China and Europe.

Subash was about to fly to Bangkok on a Thai Air flight with his wife Uma Devi and their two daughters and a son. Subash is a resident of Mitrapark, Kathmandu.

Subash was arrested with 22,150 Thai baht, 1,380 euros, $10,000 and 80,000 Chinese yuan.

The value of the confiscated currency in Nepali currency is approximately Rs2.6 million.

According to the airport security office, the family was arrested from boarding gate number 5 in th...