Police have arrested two people with fake cigarettes. The police seized fake cigarettes of the 'Khukuri' brand in the Zip Park area of Jayaprithi Municipality-10.
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Police have arrested two people with fake cigarettes. Police seized fake cigarettes of the 'Khukuri' brand in the Zip Park area of Jayaprithi Municipality-10.
Based on a confidential tip-off, the police said that nine and a half cartons of fake cigarettes were found while checking a mini truck bearing the number 001 Ka 2552 of Sudurpaschim Province. The truck driver arrested with the cigarettes is Pankaj Chaudhary, 32, of Shuklaphanta Municipality-9 in Kanchanpur, and Hemraj Pandey, 21, of Patan Municipality-2 in Baitadi.
The excise sticker on another carton of Khukuri cigarettes and the sticker on the seized cigarette were found to be different, said Bajhang Police Chief DSP Khagendra Dhamala.
'We have also called representatives of Surya Nepal, the official manufacturer of Khukuri cigarettes, and representatives of the excise department to Bajhang to understand this,' he said. 'We will know the truth after they arrive.' He said that the cigarettes were seized while transporting goods from various shops in a mini truck and that investigations are also underway to determine the involvement of others.
He said that the market value of the seized cigarettes is around five and a half lakh rupees.
