Birgunj, November 5
Parsa Police have seized a truck carrying more fish than declared in its customs documents.
Acting on a tip-off, police seized the truck at around 11 pm on Wednesday from the ICP road section in Birgunj Metropolitan City-25.
According to police, an inspection of the cargo truck, bearing registration number Pradesh 2-03-001 Kha 7074, revealed that it was carrying 44 additional crates of fish beyond the 96 crates declared in its customs declaration form.
Police also took the truck driver, 23-year-old Ravi Kumar Sah of Birgunj Metropolitan City-21, into custody.
The seized fish were valued at Rs 3,211,392. Police handed them over to the Birgunj Customs Office on Thursday for further investigation and necessary action.
