KATHMANDU: Electronic cigarettes (vapes) worth Rs 22.4 million were seized at the Korala border on Monday evening.
According to authorities, Nepal Police, Armed Police Force, and the Mustang Customs Office confiscated 16,000 vapes from a container bearing the number NA 6 Kha 7591.
Santosh Basyal, spokesperson for the District Police Office, said the container and its driver, Pema Lama from Sundarijal–5, Sindhupalchok, have been taken into custody.
Last year, vapes worth Rs 68 million were also seized at the same border point.
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