E-cigarettes (vapes) worth Rs 22.4 million have been seized at the Korala border on Monday evening. 

The Nepal Police, Armed Police Force, and Mustang Customs Office seized 16,000 units of vape from a container bearing the registration number plate Na 6 Kha 7591. 

According to Santosh Basyal, the information officer of the District Police Office, the container driver, Pema Lama from Sunsari Rural Municipality-5, Sindhupalchok, has been taken into custody while the vehicle has been impounded. 

Vapes worth Rs 68.1 million had been seized from Korala border transit last year also.