The duo were apprehended with the counterfeit notes at tribal hamlet Longtir near the camps yesterday when a group of Assam Rifles jawans, patrolling near the Tripura- Mizoram border stretch noticed them, police said, adding identities of the two are not yet known.
A racket was active in dealing fake Indian currencies in Mizoram and circulating the money in Tripura's North district through Reang refugees, police said.
More than 33,000 Reang refugees from neighbouring Mizoram, who had migrated from their ancestral homes since 1997 following ethnic clashes with the Mizos there, were sheltered in six evacuee camps in Kanchanpur sub-division.