Goods worth Rs 21 lakh seized

लगानी न्यूज

२९ चैत्र २०८२, आईतवार १६:१४April 12, 2026

Baitadi. Illegal goods worth over Rs 21 lakh have been confiscated in Baitadi. The Armed Police Force (APF) confiscated Bolero pickup truck and tractor worth Rs 2.108 million from Haldubinayak of Pancheshwor Rural Municipality-4.

Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) of Armed Police Force No. 51 Company Headquarters, Baitadi, Janga Bahadur Kunwar, said that the pickup truck and the tractor were taken under control at around 3.00 am today.TAG_OPEN_div_12 Police confiscated 23 quintals sugar, five quintals sugar and other grocery items.

A Bolero pickup truck (Suppra 01 001 Cha 2789) and a tractor (Sup 01 002 Ta 5090) were also impounded, Kunwar said.TAG_OPEN_div_10 Acting on a tip-off, a mobile team led by APF Inspector Ramesh Prasad Pandey confiscated the equipment, said Deputy Superintendent Kunwar. “We had received a secret information that goods evading customs duty were being entered into Nepal since some days back”, he said, adding, “Accordingly, a team deputed from the district found the goods during investigation.” ”

According to the APF, the people involved in the smuggling of customs evading goods fled as soon as they saw the police team.TAG_OPEN_div_8 The seized goods along with the Bolero pickup truck and tractor have been handed over to the Mahakali Customs Office, Jhulaghat for necessary action.