Latest update April 8th, 2025 7:13 AM

Guyana's largest selling daily and New York's most popular weekly

Latest News

Guyanese arrested in Nepal for counterfeit, heroin

Jan 07, 2010 News

– in major sting operation

A Guyanese man is said to be among several others arrested in Nepal for counterfeiting and heroin charges, Nepalese News says.
The arrest of the son of a powerful Nepalese politician on charges of heading a major fake Indian currency and drugs smuggling racket allegedly sponsored by Pakistani intelligence agencies has exposed how Islamabad is quietly pouring money into Nepal with the underworld’s help to unleash a propaganda war against India, well placed sources here say.
Yunus Ansari, the son of former minister Salim Miya Ansari, who is alleged to have links with Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan and crime boss, Dawood Ibrahim, who has massive following in Mumbai’s underworld, was arrested by a special task force of Nepal police after a tip-off by Indian authorities that he was running the two criminal networks.
Yunus Ansari, the president of Nepal’s National Wrestling Federation, is also the chairman of a new television channel that is yet to start regular transmission. While Yunus Ansari was arrested along with three Nepalis, two Pakistanis, one African and one from the Caribbean, police said they had no evidence against his father, former forest and soil conservation minister Ansari.
Yunus Ansari and his associates were caught with fake Indian currency worth over Indian Rs.2.5 million last week and nearly four kilograms of heroin after a long period of surveillance that started with the arrest of two Nepalis with fakeIndian currency in India’s Madhya Pradesh state last year.
The Nepal chase started on New Year’s Day when Yunus Ansari’s Nepali bodyguard, Kashiram Adhikari, was dispatched to Thamel, once the hub of tourists and now increasingly targeted by criminals and sex workers, to make contact with Pakistani agents, the sources with access to privileged information told IANS.
Adhikari led police to the Red Planet Guest House in Thamel where Pakistani national Mohammad Sajjad was awaiting him in room 304. The bodyguard collected a red suitcase from Sajjad and went to room 204 where another Pakistani, Mohammad Iqbal, was waiting with two suitcases.
After collecting the lot, Adhikari headed for the Bluebird Mall in Thapathali where Yunus Ansari had allegedly rented a room. Police caught him there and a search exposed the false bottoms in the suitcases, where the fake notes were hidden. According to initial investigation, the racket starts from Karachi where it is headed by a Pakistani, known as Haji Talad Ali. The modus operandi was simple. The money would be brought to the same guest house from where Adhikari would take it to his master.
When police raided the hotel and arrested the two Pakistanis, Sajjad was found to possess heroin as well. Yunus was arrested soon afterwards from his residence in Tahachal.
Police also arrested a Guyana citizen, K. Ibrahim, and another from Sierra Leone, Austin Ibrahim, who were to have circulated the heroin.

Similar Articles

The Glenn Lall Show|| April, 7th, 2025

Follow on Tik Tok @Glennlall

THE BLUNT OF THE DAY

Sports

West Indies Rugby announces Men’s & Women’s squads for 2025 Tropical 7s

West Indies Rugby announces Men’s & Women’s squads for 2025...

Apr 08, 2025

Tampa, Florida – April 2025 – West Indies Rugby has officially announced the selected Men’s and Women’s squads set to compete at the highly anticipated Tropical 7s Rugby Tournament,...
Read More
Region 6 Canje NA Jagans Memorial Windball Cricket tourney contested

Region 6 Canje NA Jagans Memorial Windball...

Apr 08, 2025

Jaikarran, Barnwell bat DCC to emphatic title win over GCC 

Jaikarran, Barnwell bat DCC to emphatic title win...

Apr 08, 2025

Carolina takes One Guyana 3×3 Quest title back to Puerto Rico

Carolina takes One Guyana 3×3 Quest title...

Apr 08, 2025

40 Guyanese certified following completion of GFF /Concacaf Match Commissioners Workshop

40 Guyanese certified following completion of GFF...

Apr 08, 2025

East Coast, G’Town lock up as part of today’s double-header

East Coast, G’Town lock up as part of...

Apr 08, 2025

Features/Columnists

  • AI machines at the gate

    Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-The call center was once the second chance for the school-leaver who never got past CXC.... more

Publisher’s Note

Freedom of speech is our core value at Kaieteur News. If the letter/e-mail you sent was not published, and you believe that its contents were not libellous, let us know, please contact us by phone or email.

Feel free to send us your comments and/or criticisms.
Contact: 624-6456; 225-8452; 225-8458; 225-8463; 225-8465; 225-8473 or 225-8491.
Or by Email: [email protected] / [email protected]

Weekend Cartoon

Bridge Watch

Demerara Harbour Bridge

> Berbice Bridge […]