An assistant sub-inspector of Nepal Police has been arrested with 20 tolas of illegal gold from Tribhuvan International Airport.

Police arrested ASI Kul Bahadur Rana with the illegal gold on Saturday.

Police said Rana had received a baggage containing the illegal gold from Parvej Alam, a passenger in Qatar Airways flight which landed at TIA on 11:30 this morning. Rana had reached the parking bay of the airport to receive the baggage. He then reached the domestic terminal via the parking bay and came out of the airport and headed to his rented room in Baluwatar.

Rai was to receive commission by smuggling the illegal gold from Doha into the country. He had been working at the TIA for past one year and was assigned to watch the activities in the airport and provide vital information to the police chief of the airport.

A team of Central Investigation Bureau and Metropolitan Police Crime Division arrested Rana after receiving a tip-off. He has been submitted to Inland Revenue Department for further action.