Police in Parsa district arrested a youth on the charge of smuggling gold and silver ornaments into the country from India, on Sunday.
The arrested has been identified as local resident Sonu Kumar Sonar (19).
Acting on a tip-off that Sonar was smuggling the gold and silver ornaments into the country from India, a team of security personnel deployed from Pokhariya-based Area Police Office nabbed Sonar and seized 14.4 grams of gold ornament and 1.97 kilograms of silver ornament in Jagarnathpur Rural Municipality-2.
Sonar had hidden those ornaments in a bag that he was carrying while walking down the road on Sunday.
Further investigation into the case is underway, said the police.
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