Smuggler held with FICN with face value of Rs. 4 lakh

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Last Updated : Jan 10 2016 | 5:42 PM IST
A smuggler was today arrested with a consignment of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) with a face value of Rs. Four lakh in a locality near Indo-Nepal border in Bihar's West Champaran district, a police officer said.
Acting on an input by the NIA, a joint police team of East and West Champaran district intercepted a biker Dinesh Kumar Sah near Bhakaria chowk on NH-28 and seized counterfeit currency notes with face value of Rs. Four lakh, the Superintendent of Police (SP) Vinay Kumar said.
The smuggler was carrying the consignment of fake currency notes in denomination of Rs. 1000 and Rs. 500 for delivery to a client in Bettiah town, he said.
The smuggler had brought the fake currency notes from Malda in West Bengal, Kumar said, adding Sah was under interrogation.
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First Published: Jan 10 2016 | 5:42 PM IST

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