Five held for manufacturing counterfeit cigarettes

July 31, 2002
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The Valley Police on Tuesday held five persons on charges of manufacturing different brands of counterfeit cigarettes such as 555, Marlboro and Surya in the capital city.

Jagadish Rana Sariya of Piyukha, Mukesh Agrawal of Makhan Galli, Niraj Poudel alias Laxmi Dip Chandra Jain and Ram Chandra Shrestha were found illegally manufacturing counterfeit cigarettes and selling them in the market.

According to the police Bikash Agrawal, another manufacturer of counterfeit cigarettes is still at large. Mukesh Agrawal is learnt to be supplying counterfeit cigarettes from Khasa to Kathmandu.

The accused have been forwarded to the district police office in Kathmandu for appropriate legal action.