Nepal: 4 held for possessing uranium 'smuggled' from India Nepal: 4 held for possessing uranium 'smuggled' from India Last Updated: Sun, Mar 14th, 2021, 10:57:49hrs New Delhi: Four Nepalese nationals were arrested here on Saturday for possessing 2.5 kilogrammes of unprocessed uranium, with one of them claiming that her father-in-law 'brought' it from India where he worked in a uranium mine some 20 years ago, police said. According to Senior Superintendent Sushil Singh Rathour, spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police Office, Ranipokhari, the arrest was made on a tip-off. A house in the Boudha area was raided, based on a tip-off, and four persons were found hiding 2.5 kg of Uranium 238, officials said at a press briefing.