Man arrested with gold chain and five mobile phones.

A man has been arrested at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) for attempting to smuggle gold and five mobile phones.

Police arrested Deepak KC, 48, a resident of Radha Krishna Tole, Pokhara Metropolitan City-11 in Kaski district, for attempting to smuggle 25 grams of gold-like metal chain and five mobile phones through the airport's arrival tunnel for international flights.

Deepak, who arrived in Kathmandu from Dubai on a Himalaya Airlines flight, was arrested after the metal, a laptop and five mobile phones were recovered from him during security checks.

According to police, he has been sent to the TIA Customs Office at Gaushala for further investigation and necessary action.