Japanese arrested

September 21, 2002
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A Japanese has been arrested with two Nepalis Friday with 199 rare beetles ready  for export to Japan, police said. Satura Watanabe, Uttam Silwal and Suresh Silwal have been sent to the Kathmandu District Forest Office for further action.

They were picked up from at a hotel in Baneshwor with the insects. Watanabe was arrested earlier in Makwanpur on a similar charge. Beetles are popular in Japan where they fetch a huge price.