KATHMANDU, Oct 26: Nepal Police has arrested two individuals including a Chinese national with undeclared cash amounting to Rs 6.98 million from Sanobharyang area of Kathmandu.
The arrested have been identified as Rojina Sunar, 22, originally from Dhading and currently residing in the Nagarjun area and Jiao Yang, 38, from Ynhui district in Beijing, China.
One arrested with over Rs 10 million undisclosed cash
Acting on a tip-off, police raided Sunar’s rented apartment at midnight on October 22. During the raid, police recovered two necklaces, four wrist rings, three finger rings, one nose ring and hair clip each. Police suspect that all the jewellery items may have been made of gold.
Police have also seized a BYD car, a MacBook, bank cheques and Jiao’s passport.
According to police, the Chinese national, with Sunar’s assistance, is suspected to have been operating an online swindling business from the rented apartment. “We have found that other girls were also working in the house, which has raised suspicion that they might have been running other rackets as well,” SP Pawan Kumar Bhattarai of the Kathmandu Police Range told Republica.
However, the duo has been charged with money laundering and the Kathmandu District Court has approved their remand for five more days for investigation.
Police arrested them after they failed to provide a legitimate source for the cash in their possession.
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