DHADING: The police on Sunday arrested three Indian nationals with contraband hashish Gajuri of Dhading district. A team from the Narcotics Control Bureau of Nepal Police arrested the Indian nationals during a security check weighing 360 kilograms of hashish.

According to police inspector Nawaraj Dhungel, the hashish was being supplied to India from Kathmandu via an Indian number plate truck bearing registration number S R 55 M 9484.

Those arrested have been identified as Om Prakash and the truck driver Gulaf Khan of India. Another arrested is yet to be identified, police said.

KATHMANDU: The networking business, despite government’s ban, continues to flourish unabated in the country.

The government announced the pyramid styled networking business as illegal in 2011. Popularly dubbed as ‘One World One Business’ in the international market, this business has attracted a significant number of Nepali investors. The business, which continues to boom with several scams still active in the country, has remained out of reach from the security bodies.

The Central Investigation Bureau (CIBI) of Nepal police had around eight months ago, revealed how a domestic company ‘IBOS Globe Marketing’ was duping people in the name of networking business.

However, that was not the first CBI action against such domestic companies running the illegal business racket. Prior to this, the CBI had already launched several operations against such illegal businesses in Nepal.

Episode one:  

In 2003, the government banned a company called Gold Quest for running illegal networking business. The company invested by Indian nationals promised people of gold coins. Allegedly an estimated of one million people were duped by the company.

Episode two:

The police took action against a company called Unity Life Insurance Network that came into operation in 2003. It conducted networking racket under the cover of insurance business.

Episode three:

Police launched a raid on Herbo International Network that ran the illegal business under the cover of herbal business.

Episode four:

Last year, the government arrested some 102 persons affiliated to an organization called Q Network on charges of their involvement in networking business. Surprisingly, medical doctors, chartered accountants and engineers were among those arrested.

PARSA: Police have arrested nine persons on the charge of their involvement in illegal activities in the district.
The District Police Office, Parsa, arrested Ram Balak Prasad Bin, Somal Thing of Thaha municipality of Makawanpur, Mayank Bajpai, Minidun Ansari and Amarullaha Anntrol drug trafficking and smuggling goods at the border areas of India, and Dipendra Paneru of Kanchanpur. Similarly, other arrested are Rishi Subedi, Kumar Rai and Sujan Rai.

The Parsa police has made them public today. Five persons were arrested with 21 Kg marijuana, one with Nitravet tablets, and three with clothes worth Rs 3.3 million brought illegally after evading tax.

Bin, Thing and Bajpai were arrested with 11 kg of cannabis from Ranight of Birgunj while Mainudin and Amarullah with 10 kg of hashish from Birgunj Metropolitan City, said Superintendent of Police, Rewati Dhakal.

Similarly, Paneru was nabbed with 900 tablets of Nitravet from Inaruwa while Rishi, Kumar and Sujan were held with clothes worth Rs 3.3 million from the truck (Lu 1 Kha 3310) from Thori rural municipality.
Rishi is owner of the truck while Kumar and Sujan are driver and assistant respectively.

Necessary investigation was underway against six persons arrested with drugs after keeping at the District Police Office, Parsa.

Likewise, preparation was underway to send three arrested with illegal clothes at Revenue Office for necessary action. (RSS)