Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Fake notes with Rs 1.5 lakh face value seized

Fake Indian currency notes having a face value of Rs 1.5 lakh were seized from one person who was arrested during a joint operation by BSF and police at Gumrah bordering Meghalaya in the district today.

The joint team apprehended 24-year-old Nazmul Islam Laskar with notes of Rs 500 denomination having a total face value of Rs 1.5 lakh, a BSF official said.

The consignment had come from Bangladesh and was meant to be distributed in Gumrah, Kalain, Jalalpur and bordering villages, BSF spokesman and Deputy Inspector General, HQ BSF Mizoram and Cachar Frontier, Satish Budakoti, said.

Laskar, who used to work in coal mines in Meghalaya before getting involved in the fake currency racket, was handed over to the police, Budakoti said.