Birgunj (Parsa). Control of cashew nuts, which are imported by evading customs, has increased. Armed Police Force Nepal No. 13 Gana Parsa has been confiscating goods including cashews, raisins, potatoes, which have been imported by evading customs, on a daily basis.
On Sunday, the armed forces also seized 27 boxes of cashew nuts and 6 sacks of pepper, worth 645,600 lakhs, illegally brought from India by evading customs while checking the teppo No.
The armed police have also arrested the teppo driver Vinod Kushwaha, a resident of Vishrampur rural municipality-2 Barainiya in Bara and sent him to the Birgunj customs office for necessary action.
Gana Information Officer and Deputy Superintendent of Police Devendra Bahadur Singh said that as the festival is approaching, illegal goods are being seized because smugglers are very active. “The armed police who work on border security are always active”, he said, “As the festival approaches, the number of illegal theft and smuggling has also increased, and the number of cases of seizures has also increased.”
On Saturday, the Armed Police Force seized customs evasion goods worth Rs. The armed forces seized cashew nuts, date nuts, biscuits and raisins and handed them over to the customs office at Birgunj Metropolitan City-16 Nagwa.
Similarly, on Saturday, chocolate, sugar and a bag sewing machine worth Rs.3 lakh, six thousand, six hundred and three lakhs six thousand six hundred thirty, which had been stored in the warehouse of Khusbu Chocolate Industry located in Nagwa after evading customs from India, were seized.
A joint team deployed from the Armed Police Force and the Birgunj Customs Office seized potatoes and onions worth Rs.