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Kathmandu Tuesday October 24, 2000 Kartik 08, 2057.
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Firecrackers worth over Rs 100 thousand seized
Post Report
BIRGUNJ, Oct 23 - Firecrackers worth more than 100 thousand rupees were
seized within one hour in Birgunj, one of the main entrance to Nepal at the presence of
Superintendent of Police in Parsa district on Sunday.
The initiative was taken as the police seized firecrackers only worth 50 to
60 thousand rupees within one week though strict order was given to police officers and
border police posts to seize firecrackers illegally imported to Nepal.
The Superintendent of Police in Parsa district Shyam Krishna Karmacharya then
Sunday went himself at Inarwa border police post located at the main entrance gate and
inspected for one hour with the result that more than 100 thousand rupees worth of
fire-crackers were seized within one hour, SP Karmacharya told The Kathmandu Post on
Monday.
Fifty percent of the total firecrackers entering Nepal from India comes
through Birgunj. Police have so far seized 160 thousand rupees worth of firecrackers while
Birgunj Customs Office has seized 10 thousand rupees worth of firecrackers.
Although the police and customs officials are engaged in seizing the
illegally imported firecrackers they have not been successful to seize large quantities of
these banned items as their employees are not active in areas like Birgunj, according to
police source. The source says some of the seized firecrackers are sent to the seniors and
high-placed people in Kathmandu as "gift".
SP Karmacharya has claimed that all the firecrackers seized by them will be
destroyed.
Police sources said if all the police officers
worked as hard as SP Karmacharya did, firecrackers worth millions of rupees would have
been seized by now.
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