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#13031735

27 November 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 November 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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#12886072

20 October 2025

Nepal Police award ''Ghungroo,'' a service dog from the Police Canine Division, as the best performer in recognition of its exceptional skill in identifying drugs at Tribhuvan International Airport, which helps catch smugglers, and for its dedicated service to the force. The recognition is part of the Kukur Tihar celebration, also known as Dog Tihar, where dogs are worshipped with garlands, vermillion powder, and special meals to honor their loyalty and contribution in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 20, 2025.

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#12886082

20 October 2025

''Ghungroo,'' a service dog from the Police Canine Division, receives an award as the best performer in recognition of its exceptional skill in identifying drugs at Tribhuvan International Airport, which helps catch smugglers. The dog is captured during the Kukur Tihar celebration, also known as Dog Tihar, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 20, 2025. The recognition highlights the dog's dedicated service to the force as part of the festival where dogs are worshipped with garlands, vermillion powder, and special meals to honor their loyalty and contribution.

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#12886083

20 October 2025

''Ghungroo,'' a service dog from the Police Canine Division, receives an award as the best performer in recognition of its exceptional skill in identifying drugs at Tribhuvan International Airport, which helps catch smugglers. The dog is captured during the Kukur Tihar celebration, also known as Dog Tihar, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 20, 2025. The recognition highlights the dog's dedicated service to the force as part of the festival where dogs are worshipped with garlands, vermillion powder, and special meals to honor their loyalty and contribution.

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#12886084

20 October 2025

''Ghungroo,'' a service dog from the Police Canine Division, receives an award as the best performer in recognition of its exceptional skill in identifying drugs at Tribhuvan International Airport, which helps catch smugglers. The dog is captured during the Kukur Tihar celebration, also known as Dog Tihar, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 20, 2025. The recognition highlights the dog's dedicated service to the force as part of the festival where dogs are worshipped with garlands, vermillion powder, and special meals to honor their loyalty and contribution.

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20 October 2025

''Ghungroo,'' a service dog from the Police Canine Division, receives an award as the best performer in recognition of its exceptional skill in identifying drugs at Tribhuvan International Airport, which helps catch smugglers. The dog is captured during the Kukur Tihar celebration, also known as Dog Tihar, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 20, 2025. The recognition highlights the dog's dedicated service to the force as part of the festival where dogs are worshipped with garlands, vermillion powder, and special meals to honor their loyalty and contribution.

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#12657742

18 August 2025

A small rubber boat with migrants leaves the French coast towards the English Channel in the dawn before the sunrise while a French SAR search and rescue vessels follows the dinghy to the French UK sea borders. Hundreds of small boats with refugees, asylum seekers and migrants have crossed the English Channel the past weeks while smugglers overload the boats with people and the French police is witnessing while sometimes intervenes. The UK and France began working on a rule, the one-in, one-out. According to the official data from the UK Home Office on August 15, 2x boats arrived illegally in the UK with 116 people. Gravelines, France on August 15, 2025

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#12657743

18 August 2025

A silhouette of a small rubber boat with migrants leaves the French coast towards the English Channel in the dawn before the sunrise while a search and rescue vessels follows the dinghy to the French UK sea borders. Hundreds of small boats with refugees, asylum seekers and migrants have crossed the English Channel the past weeks while smugglers overload the boats with people and the French police is witnessing while sometimes intervenes. The UK and France began working on a rule, the one-in, one-out. According to the official data from the UK Home Office on August 15, 2x boats arrived illegally in the UK with 116 people. Gravelines, France on August 15, 2025

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#12657744

18 August 2025

A small rubber boat with migrants leaves the French coast towards the English Channel in the dawn before the sunrise while a French SAR search and rescue vessels follows the dinghy to the French UK sea borders. Hundreds of small boats with refugees, asylum seekers and migrants have crossed the English Channel the past weeks while smugglers overload the boats with people and the French police is witnessing while sometimes intervenes. The UK and France began working on a rule, the one-in, one-out. According to the official data from the UK Home Office on August 15, 2x boats arrived illegally in the UK with 116 people. Gravelines, France on August 15, 2025

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#12657735

18 August 2025

A small rubber boat with migrants leaves the French coast towards the English Channel in the dawn before the sunrise while a search and rescue vessels follows the dinghy to the French UK sea borders. Hundreds of small boats with refugees, asylum seekers and migrants have crossed the English Channel the past weeks while smugglers overload the boats with people and the French police is witnessing while sometimes intervenes. The UK and France began working on a rule, the one-in, one-out. According to the official data from the UK Home Office on August 15, 2x boats arrived illegally in the UK with 116 people. Gravelines, France on August 15, 2025

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#12657736

18 August 2025

The French SAR vessel following the migrant boat. A small rubber boat with migrants leaves the French coast towards the English Channel in the dawn before the sunrise while a search and rescue vessels follows the dinghy to the French UK sea borders. Hundreds of small boats with refugees, asylum seekers and migrants have crossed the English Channel the past weeks while smugglers overload the boats with people and the French police is witnessing while sometimes intervenes. The UK and France began working on a rule, the one-in, one-out. According to the official data from the UK Home Office on August 15, 2x boats arrived illegally in the UK with 116 people. Gravelines, France on August 15, 2025

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#12657737

18 August 2025

A small rubber boat with migrants leaves the French coast towards the English Channel in the dawn before the sunrise while a search and rescue vessels follows the dinghy to the French UK sea borders. Hundreds of small boats with refugees, asylum seekers and migrants have crossed the English Channel the past weeks while smugglers overload the boats with people and the French police is witnessing while sometimes intervenes. The UK and France began working on a rule, the one-in, one-out. According to the official data from the UK Home Office on August 15, 2x boats arrived illegally in the UK with 116 people. Gravelines, France on August 15, 2025

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#12657738

18 August 2025

The French SAR vessel following the migrant boat. A small rubber boat with migrants leaves the French coast towards the English Channel in the dawn before the sunrise while a search and rescue vessels follows the dinghy to the French UK sea borders. Hundreds of small boats with refugees, asylum seekers and migrants have crossed the English Channel the past weeks while smugglers overload the boats with people and the French police is witnessing while sometimes intervenes. The UK and France began working on a rule, the one-in, one-out. According to the official data from the UK Home Office on August 15, 2x boats arrived illegally in the UK with 116 people. Gravelines, France on August 15, 2025

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#12657739

18 August 2025

A small rubber boat with migrants leaves the French coast with a tanker large ship in the background, towards the English Channel in the dawn before the sunrise while a search and rescue vessels follows the dinghy to the French UK sea borders. Hundreds of small boats with refugees, asylum seekers and migrants have crossed the English Channel the past weeks while smugglers overload the boats with people and the French police is witnessing while sometimes intervenes. The UK and France began working on a rule, the one-in, one-out. According to the official data from the UK Home Office on August 15, 2x boats arrived illegally in the UK with 116 people. Gravelines, France on August 15, 2025

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#12657740

18 August 2025

A small rubber boat with migrants leaves the French coast with a tanker large ship in the background, towards the English Channel in the dawn before the sunrise while a search and rescue vessels follows the dinghy to the French UK sea borders. Hundreds of small boats with refugees, asylum seekers and migrants have crossed the English Channel the past weeks while smugglers overload the boats with people and the French police is witnessing while sometimes intervenes. The UK and France began working on a rule, the one-in, one-out. According to the official data from the UK Home Office on August 15, 2x boats arrived illegally in the UK with 116 people. Gravelines, France on August 15, 2025

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