DANG: Police have arrested an auto-rickshaw driver for allegedly smuggling various types of firecrackers into Nepal.
According to Police Inspector Kumar Poudel of the District Police Office, Dang, the arrested individual has been identified as Anubhav Agrawal, 25, a native of Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh, India, who currently resides in Alumandi, Tulsipur Sub-Metropolitan City-5.
Police arrested Agrawal at Charkhamba in Garhwa Rural Municipality-8 while he was allegedly transporting the firecrackers through the Koilabas checkpoint in an auto-rickshaw bearing registration number Ra 1 Ha 4817.
Hom Bahadur Parajuli, chief of the Area Police Office, Tulsipur, said the seized firecrackers have an estimated market value of Rs 210,136. Police said further investigation into the incident is underway.