Kolkata Dec 31 (IANS) personnel seized Fake Indian Currency Notes of the face value of Rs. 6.5 lakh and arrested two smugglers including a woman in West Bengal s Malda district on Sunday the last day of the year a BSF official said.
Acting on a tip off the Border Security Force (BSF) troopers from Malda district headquarter laid a special ambush in Kaliachak and Baliyadanga crossing and apprehended the two smugglers on Sunday morning.
"Two smugglers named Ainul Haque 39 and Renu Mondal 40 travelling on a motor cycle were apprehended at around 5.45 a.m.. The trooper seized 325 fake Rs 2 000 notes of the face value of Rs 6.5 lakh from the arrested woman.
"The apprehended smugglers and the seized FICN have been handed over to Malda s Kaliachak police station for further legal actions " he added.
The BSF s South Bengal frontier has seized FICN of the face value of Rs 62.38 lakh and arrested 11 FICN racketeers so far in 2017.
--IANS
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