An Indian has been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle fake Indian currency with a face value of Rs 330,000 from India-Nepal border, police said today.
Abhishek Kumar, 31, who hailed from Muzaffarpur in Bihar, was arrested yesterday at Birgunj area of Parsa district, police officials said.
Officials recovered counterfeit Indian currency with a face value of Rs 330,000 from his possession.
According to Superintendent of Police Raju Babu Shrestha, Kumar was arrested by a team deployed from the district police office during a regular security check in Birgunj bordering Raxaul town in India.
The police sent Kumar to the Department of Revenue Investigation in Kathmandu for further investigation.
