The BSF today seized fake Indian currency with face value of Rs 16 lakh from Kaliachak area along Indo-Bangladesh border in Malda district.
While patrolling in Daulatpur locality, BSF personnel found two bags lying near the barbed wire fencing, Additional Superintendent of Police Abhishek Modi said.
The counterfeit notes were in the two bags. While 1,200 notes were in the denomination of Rs 1,000, 800 notes were in the denomination of Rs 500.
The BSF handed over the fake notes to the police later, Modi said, adding, there was no arrest.
The bags were probably thrown to this side of the fencing from Bangladesh to be collected by local agents, but somehow that was not done, police officials said.
