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When found on board 1 kg of abandoned gold
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International traffic was not normal on Wednesday morning at Tribhuvan International Airport, whose image was 'blurred' due to gold smuggling. Due to the heavy rains in the Gulf, passengers who had to go to Dubai, Sharjah and other Middle Eastern destinations were stranded. The police and airport staff were in the VVIP room. Dhirendrakrishna Shastri 'Bageshwar Baba', who had arrived in Chatara, eastern Nepal, by Vistara Air, was there.
Meanwhile, a 'news' came to the airport terminal office and the police. That was - a heavy abandoned item was found on the Indigo's narrowbody ship from Delhi, India. The Nepali staff at the airport cleaned the plane after the passengers and cargo from Delhi were removed from Indigo's Airbus A-320.
After the cleaning, the Indigo security personnel were finally checking all the seats and luggage compartments inside the ship. At that time, a heavy object was found on the ship. According to an employee of the airport who was there when the incident happened, an inquiry was made as to whether the abandoned item belonged to a passenger. But, no one accepted . Then the police had to identify it. "It was wrapped in plastic," said the employee, "when it was placed in the scanning machine towards the departure, it was found to be gold." The amount of gold found is 1 kg 70 grams.
The gold was found between seats 27 and 28 of the ship . The police scolded the passengers who were sitting in the car after finding gold, before they could leave the airport. "One was a family and another was a group of religious tourists," the source said. When checked there, the customs confirmed that it was real gold . "At first, we thought it was some metal or a dangerous object," said the eyewitness employee, "and it was confirmed to be gold."
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Krishnahari Sharma, head of security at the airport, said that the Kerkar (Investigation) police at the airport are investigating the incident. According to the airport staff who are closely watching the incident, that Indigo flight came to Kathmandu from Dubai via Delhi on Wednesday morning. "It is suspected that the porter who was carrying the gold in the plane that came from Delhi via Kathmandu got scared and left it in the plane," said the employee, "Earlier when a similar item was found, a sand pit was found after a long examination". This time gold was found . In earlier cases, gold was often recovered when it was taken out. This time, gold was found in the ship. Such an event rarely happens .'
