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The government is set to direct the Central Bureau of Investigation of Nepal Police to investigate the 100-kg gold smuggling racket from the angle of organised crime due to the alleged involvement of racketeers in multiple layers.
The huge quantity of gold that had passed undetected through the customs at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) in Kathmandu before being confiscated on July 18 has yet to be weighed.
Mint Division says DRI has yet to make a written request.
KATHMANDU, July 23: The gold importer company 'Ready Traders Pvt Ltd, which was registered only three months ago, was found to be registered in the name of 21-year-old Dilip Bhujel, according to the Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI).
‘Govt will reach root of gold smuggling racket’