In a major crackdown on the fake Indian currency smuggling racket in Nepal, police have arrested two persons near here and seized counterfeit notes with a face value of Rs8 million, reportedly printed in Pakistan.
The police have arrested Nepalese national Seikh Safi Ahmed, 51, and his son Sahid Iqbal from Kupandole yesterday, according to Kathmandu metropolitan police office.
The police acting on a tip off raided the rented room of the suspects and caught the culprits along with the fake notes. They seized fake notes with Rs500 and Rs1,000 denominations.
The currency had reportedly entered the country through Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) last month via air cargo, evading customs officers, police said.
The accused claimed that the fake currencies are printed in Pakistan after which they entered Indian soil before being shipped to Nepal, Himalayan Times reported.
DIG Ramesh Shekhar Bajracharya, TIA police in charge, said that the Kathmandu Valley had indeed become an easy transit point for criminals and counterfeit currency.
The one who delivered the fake bank notes is still absconding, the police said.
