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#13031735
27 Nov 2025
Former Nepali House Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara is escorted in a police van from the central jail in Kathmandu, Nepal, to the district court following a court order to release him on bail in a gold smuggling case on November 27, 2025. Former Speaker and CPN (Maoist Centre) Vice-chair Krishna Bahadur Mahara is arrested by the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) in connection with a gold smuggling case. The Patan High Court orders his release on a bail amount of NRs 2 million. Mahara is arrested on October 12, 2025, following fresh instructions from the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), which conducts an inquiry into his alleged involvement in smuggling gold concealed inside electronic cigarettes (vapes) in collaboration with a Chinese organized group. According to police, the CIAA seeks his detention to move forward with a renewed probe into his role in facilitating the entry of smuggled gold through the vape-import channel. Mahara is questioned by the CIAA only days earlier, on October 9, 2025. Although his name surfaces in the gold smuggling case three years ago, both the District Government Attorney's Office and Nepal Police previously free him during earlier rounds of investigation. Authorities now allege that Mahara uses his political influence to help a smuggling racket bring gold into Nepal in 2022, an operation that also leads to the arrest of his son, Rahul Mahara, on suspicion of involvement. In March 2024, Mahara is arrested from Kapilvastu and brought to Kathmandu for questioning related to the case. The Kathmandu District Court later remands him to custody, but he is allowed to stay at Norvic Hospital citing health complications. A high-level government commission led by former High Court Chief Judge Dilli Raj Acharya earlier criticizes the CIB for ''intentionally avoiding'' a full investigation into Mahara and other senior officials allegedly linked to large-scale gold smuggling.
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#13031738
27 Nov 2025
Former Nepali House Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara is escorted in a police van from the central jail in Kathmandu, Nepal, to the district court following a court order to release him on bail in a gold smuggling case on November 27, 2025. Former Speaker and CPN (Maoist Centre) Vice-chair Krishna Bahadur Mahara is arrested by the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) in connection with a gold smuggling case. The Patan High Court orders his release on a bail amount of NRs 2 million. Mahara is arrested on October 12, 2025, following fresh instructions from the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), which conducts an inquiry into his alleged involvement in smuggling gold concealed inside electronic cigarettes (vapes) in collaboration with a Chinese organized group. According to police, the CIAA seeks his detention to move forward with a renewed probe into his role in facilitating the entry of smuggled gold through the vape-import channel. Mahara is questioned by the CIAA only days earlier, on October 9, 2025. Although his name surfaces in the gold smuggling case three years ago, both the District Government Attorney's Office and Nepal Police previously free him during earlier rounds of investigation. Authorities now allege that Mahara uses his political influence to help a smuggling racket bring gold into Nepal in 2022, an operation that also leads to the arrest of his son, Rahul Mahara, on suspicion of involvement. In March 2024, Mahara is arrested from Kapilvastu and brought to Kathmandu for questioning related to the case. The Kathmandu District Court later remands him to custody, but he is allowed to stay at Norvic Hospital citing health complications. A high-level government commission led by former High Court Chief Judge Dilli Raj Acharya earlier criticizes the CIB for ''intentionally avoiding'' a full investigation into Mahara and other senior officials allegedly linked to large-scale gold smuggling.
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#12172062
18 Mar 2025
Officials from the Nepal Police present the confiscated Euro and US Dollar banknotes before the media in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 18, 2025. Nepal Police's Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office confiscates the USD and Euros intended to be smuggled to China from the Nepal-China border crossing of Kerung on the outskirts of Kathmandu on March 17, 2025. The police also arrest a truck driver for attempting to smuggle currency worth NRs 250 million illegally to China. The bundles contain 3,119 banknotes in US dollar denominations of one hundred, 179 banknotes in US dollar denominations of fifty, 11 banknotes in Euro denominations of five hundred, 480 banknotes in Euro denominations of two hundred, 4,148 banknotes in Euro denominations of one hundred, and 17,177 banknotes in Euro denominations of fifty.
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#12172061
18 Mar 2025
Bundles of Euros are displayed in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 18, 2025, after Nepal Police bust a vehicle attempting to smuggle thousands of foreign currencies, USD and Euro, to China via Nepal. Nepal Police's Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office confiscates the USD and Euros intended for smuggling to China from the Nepal-China border crossing of Kerung from the outskirts of Kathmandu on March 17, 2025. The police also arrest the truck driver for attempting to smuggle currency worth NRs 250 million illegally to China. The bundles contain 3,119 banknotes in US dollar denominations of one hundred, 179 banknotes in US dollar denominations of fifty, 11 banknotes in Euro denominations of five hundred, 480 banknotes in Euro denominations of two hundred, 4,148 banknotes in Euro denominations of one hundred, and 17,177 banknotes in Euro denominations of fifty.
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#12172063
18 Mar 2025
Nepal Police present the driver named Kushang Lama (center), who attempts to smuggle thousands of USD and Euro to China illegally from Nepal during a press conference in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 18, 2025. Nepal Police's Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office confiscates the USD and Euros intended for smuggling to China from the Nepal-China border crossing of Kerung on the outskirts of Kathmandu on March 17, 2025. The police also arrest the truck driver for attempting to smuggle currency worth NRs 250 million illegally to China. The bundles contain 3,119 banknotes in US dollar denominations of one hundred, 179 banknotes in US dollar denominations of fifty, 11 banknotes in Euro denominations of five hundred, 480 banknotes in Euro denominations of two hundred, 4,148 banknotes in Euro denominations of one hundred, and 17,177 banknotes in Euro denominations of fifty.
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#12172064
18 Mar 2025
Bundles of Euros are displayed in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 18, 2025, after Nepal Police bust a vehicle attempting to smuggle thousands of foreign currencies, USD and Euro, to China via Nepal. Nepal Police's Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office confiscates the USD and Euros intended for smuggling to China from the Nepal-China border crossing of Kerung from the outskirts of Kathmandu on March 17, 2025. The police also arrest the truck driver for attempting to smuggle currency worth NRs 250 million illegally to China. The bundles contain 3,119 banknotes in US dollar denominations of one hundred, 179 banknotes in US dollar denominations of fifty, 11 banknotes in Euro denominations of five hundred, 480 banknotes in Euro denominations of two hundred, 4,148 banknotes in Euro denominations of one hundred, and 17,177 banknotes in Euro denominations of fifty.
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#12172065
18 Mar 2025
Bundles of Euros are displayed in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 18, 2025, after Nepal Police bust a vehicle attempting to smuggle thousands of foreign currencies, USD and Euro, to China via Nepal. Nepal Police's Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office confiscates the USD and Euros intended for smuggling to China from the Nepal-China border crossing of Kerung from the outskirts of Kathmandu on March 17, 2025. The police also arrest the truck driver for attempting to smuggle currency worth NRs 250 million illegally to China. The bundles contain 3,119 banknotes in US dollar denominations of one hundred, 179 banknotes in US dollar denominations of fifty, 11 banknotes in Euro denominations of five hundred, 480 banknotes in Euro denominations of two hundred, 4,148 banknotes in Euro denominations of one hundred, and 17,177 banknotes in Euro denominations of fifty.
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#12172066
18 Mar 2025
Bundles of US Dollars are displayed in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 18, 2025, after Nepal Police bust a vehicle attempting to smuggle thousands of foreign currencies--USD and Euro--to China via Nepal. Nepal Police's Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office confiscates the USD and Euros intended for smuggling to China from the Nepal-China border crossing of Kerung from the outskirts of Kathmandu on March 17, 2025. The police also arrest the truck driver for attempting to smuggle currency worth NRs 250 million illegally to China. The bundles contain 3,119 banknotes in US dollar denominations of one hundred, 179 banknotes in US dollar denominations of fifty, 11 banknotes in Euro denominations of five hundred, 480 banknotes in Euro denominations of two hundred, 4,148 banknotes in Euro denominations of one hundred, and 17,177 banknotes in Euro denominations of fifty.
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#12172067
18 Mar 2025
Bundles of Euros and USDs are displayed in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 18, 2025, after Nepal Police bust a vehicle attempting to smuggle thousands of foreign currencies--USD and Euro--to China via Nepal. Nepal Police's Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office confiscates the USD and Euros intended for smuggling to China from the Nepal-China border crossing of Kerung from the outskirts of Kathmandu on March 17, 2025. The police also arrest the truck driver for attempting to smuggle the currency worth NRs 250 million illegally to China. The bundles contain 3,119 banknotes in US dollar denominations of one hundred, 179 banknotes in US dollar denominations of fifty, 11 banknotes in Euro denominations of five hundred, 480 banknotes in Euro denominations of two hundred, 4,148 banknotes in Euro denominations of one hundred, and 17,177 banknotes in Euro denominations of fifty.
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#11942169
13 Jan 2025
A woman sells onions, potatoes, ginger, and garlic along a street in Siliguri, India, on January 13, 2025. Siliguri Police detain some people in recent days in connection with Chinese garlic, which is brought from Panitanki, India, on the Nepal border and is believed to be from China.
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#11942173
13 Jan 2025
A woman sells onions, potatoes, ginger, and garlic along a street in Siliguri, India, on January 13, 2025. Siliguri Police detain some people in recent days in connection with Chinese garlic, which is brought from Panitanki, India, on the Nepal border and is believed to be from China.
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#11856637
11 Dec 2024
The Director General of Marine Resources and Fisheries Supervision (PSDKP), Pung Nugroho Saksono, shows evidence of Clear Lobster Seeds (BBL) confiscated as smuggled goods by two international network couriers before being sent abroad, in Lampung, Indonesia, on December 11, 2024. A total of 52,000 illegal Clear Lobster Seeds (BBL) is thwarted by the KKP with an estimated value of 7.8 billion rupiah. Ipunk explains that from this case, he manages to secure evidence in the form of one vehicle containing 10 BBL boxes with 43,000 types of sand, 7,000 types of pearls, 2,200 jarong types of sand, along with two couriers. Based on PMO data throughout 2024, the Directorate General of PSDKP, together with other law enforcement officials, succeeds in securing BBL smuggling amounting to 754 billion rupiah or 5,525,108 illegal Clear Lobster Seeds (BBL).
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#11856638
11 Dec 2024
The Director General of Marine Resources and Fisheries Supervision (PSDKP), Pung Nugroho Saksono, gives a press statement while showing evidence of Clear Lobster Seeds (BBL) that are confiscated as smuggled goods by two international network couriers before being sent abroad, in Lampung, Indonesia, on December 11, 2024. A total of 52,000 illegal Clear Lobster Seeds (BBL) are thwarted by the KKP with an estimated value of 7.8 billion rupiah. Ipunk explains that from this case, he manages to secure evidence in the form of one vehicle containing 10 BBL boxes with 43,000 types of sand, 7,000 types of pearls, 2,200 jarong types of sand, along with two couriers. Based on PMO data throughout 2024, the Directorate General of PSDKP, together with other law enforcement officials, succeeds in securing BBL smuggling amounting to 754 billion rupiah or 5,525,108 illegal Clear Lobster Seeds (BBL).
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#11856639
11 Dec 2024
The Director General of Marine Resources and Fisheries Supervision (PSDKP), Pung Nugroho Saksono, and his staff give a press statement while showing evidence of Clear Lobster Seeds (BBL) confiscated as smuggled goods by two international network couriers before being sent abroad, in Lampung, Indonesia, on December 11, 2024. A total of 52,000 illegal Clear Lobster Seeds (BBL) are thwarted by the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries with an estimated value of 7.8 billion rupiah. Ipunk explains that from this case, he secures evidence in the form of one vehicle containing 10 BBL boxes with 43,000 types of sand, 7,000 types of pearls, 2,200 jarong types of sand, along with two couriers. Based on PMO data throughout 2024, the Directorate General of PSDKP, together with other law enforcement officials, secures BBL smuggling amounting to 754 billion rupiah or 5,525,108 illegal Clear Lobster Seeds (BBL).
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#11697959
23 Oct 2024
An official of the Narcotics Control Board displays a confiscated 154 kilograms of heroin hidden in their van to be smuggled from Thailand's central province, during a press conference at the Office of the Narcotics Control Board in Bangkok, Thailand, on October 23, 2024.
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#11697960
23 Oct 2024
An official of the Narcotics Control Board displays a confiscated 154 kilograms of heroin hidden in their van to be smuggled from Thailand's central province, during a press conference at the Office of the Narcotics Control Board in Bangkok, Thailand, on October 23, 2024.
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