Police have arrested three people involved in the smuggling of one kilogram of gold from outside the Tribhuvan International Airport on Tuesday.

According to the police, Babulal Dong of Kavre, who landed in Kathmandu from Dubai on a Himalaya Airlines flight, was arrested by personnel from the Kathmandu Police Range.

Likewise, the police also arrested two other individuals, who were allegedly assigned to manage the smuggled gold, from Kathmandu following Dong’s arrest.

Police informed that Dong had placed the gold, brought from the United Arab Emerites, in his gastrointestinal tract.