Nepal, June 6 -- Police arrested an Indian national with 27,483 grams of gold at Nagdhunga from a vehicle coming from Jhapa.

According to SP Apilraj Bohora of the Kathmandu Metropolitan Police, police apprehended the suspect from a passenger bus (Ba Pra 03-001-Kha 3139) en route from Kakarbhitta, Jhapa, to Kathmandu. The suspect had hidden the gold inside the vehicle.

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Police identified the arrested individual as 31-year-old Indian citizen De Samanta and seized the gold from his possession.

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