A special investigation team formed to look into the smuggling of 33 KG gold from Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) in Kathmandu has arrested sub-inspector at Metropolitan Crime Division Gajendra Rawal.

A High-level police source said that Rawal was detained on Monday for investigation after he was found to have links with the alleged mastermind of the gold smuggling case, Chudamani Uprety, alias Gore.

The source said the crime division team, about a year ago, had arrested two KG gold from a vehicle that came from TIA customs following a tip provided by Gore. Earlier in the day, the probe team had interrogated another sub-inspector at the crime division, Bal Krishna Sanjel. Sanjel is the same sub-inspector who was regularly in communication with Gore.

Sanjel has already been transferred to Nepal Police Headquarters.

Former Nepal Police DIG Govinda Prasad Niraula was arrested on Sunday for his alleged role in the 33kg gold smuggling case.

The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police on January 5, 2017 had confiscated 33kg gold from the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) that had passed undetected through the customs.