Kathmandu's Thamel district, has been the country's most bustling tourist center

　　International Online Zhuangao: The BBC reported on July 4, Kathmandu's Thamel district, has been the country's most bustling tourist center. But Nepal's police have said that because of local drug dealers and criminals rampant, leading to frequent incidents of violence there, there have been changes from the tourist center of illegal arms trading center.

Thamel area has cheap restaurants, backpacker hostels and shops, has been Nepal's tourist center. Most visitors take a bullock cart or a raft to leave Nepal before, like to spend a day or two in there. But in recent years, those who sell banana pancakes and vegetarian food in small restaurants, and now have been replaced strip bar or dance clubs, many employees are young girls who were sold mostly from the countryside to Kathmandu.

Senior Superintendent of Police Ram Shiha Demirel said: "We in the Seoul area so beautiful that more and more crime. The firearms used by criminal gangs are mostly smuggled through the border in India, especially Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Flooding in these areas are known to firearms, criminals can easily the border of Nepal and India. In addition, the border into Nepal from other countries more and more small arms. "

A local resident said, Thamel, Kathmandu district is becoming the red-light district and drink with the same area where the infamous. Very dangerous when women took to the streets, he was worried that the increasing violence could scare away foreign tourists. In this regard, the police increased patrols and strengthened local intelligence gathering. (Willow) (This article Source: International Online)