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July 12, 2013

Nepal police seize smuggled gold bound for India
Kathmandu (AFP) July 10, 2013
Nepal police seized 35 kilograms (77 pounds) of gold on Wednesday, smuggled over the border from China and bound for India, where demand for the precious metal was soaring, officers said. The shipment, worth two million dollars on the black market, was the biggest ever seized by police in Nepal in what is an increasingly lucrative cross-border smuggling racket, the officers said. The gold, 35 bars weighing one kilogramme each, was discovered in a truck in the capital Kathmandu after police trail ... read more

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