DRI seizes fake currency worth Rs 1 20 lakh in Darjeeling

Kolkata | Monday | 4th November, 2019

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Kolkata: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence personnel have seized fake Indian currency notes worth Rs 1.20 lakh, smuggled from Bangladesh, in Darjeeling, West Bengal, an agency said on Sunday. After a search, 50 pieces of FICN worth Rs 120,000 were seized from him. On interrogation, Baitullah said he procured the FICN consignment from a resident of Baliadanga village under Kaliachak police station of Malda district. He was tasked with supplying the consignment to a person in Araria in Bihar. The recovered FICN were initially examined and appeared to be of high quality..