Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) security officials have arrested over a dozen foreign nationals with more than three kilograms of gold in a period of less than two weeks since December 9.
On December 9, the officials detained 31-year-old Satham Hussain Segu Abubacker, an Indian national, from the international arrival parking area. Satham had arrived by flight number RA230 of Nepal Airlines from Dubai.
“When Satham was being taken to Kathmandu Medical College (KMC) in Sinamangal for routine examination, it was found that he was smuggling gold by hiding it inside his rectum,” read a statement by the Metropolitan Police Airport Security Office.
