This video takes a close look at the ongoing issue of gold smuggling in Nepal, spanning from the Panchayat era to the present Republic.

The untold story of gold smuggling in Nepal and its journey from the Panchayat system to the Republic.

Nepal’s infamy as a hub for gold smuggling, which had reached a new high back in July after the seizure of 60kg gold, continues to grow.

And latest seizures have once again raised concerns if the government has taken any effective measures to control the smuggling of gold which has been making headlines for the last one year.

On December 7, Chandra Ghale of Barpak, Gorkha who arrived in Kathmandu by a flydubai flight, was arrested with 14 kilograms of gold at the airport. He had concealed the gold bars in a waistcoat-like vest that he had worn.

During interrogation, Ghale argued that he was only a carrier who was told to keep the illegally brought metal at the airport’s restroom-based dustbin from where sanitation staff would take it away to a predetermined destination.

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