US dollars, fake Indian currency seized in West Bengal

Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) sleuths have seized foreign currency worth over Rs 80 lakh and fake Indian currency notes of face value Rs 1 lakh in two separate operations in West Bengal, an official said on Monday. Two persons have been arrested. In two breakthrough operations, DRI recovered and seized large amounts of fake Indian currency, smuggled from Bangladesh as well as foreign currency. An amount of $112,100, meant to be sent for Bhutan to finance smuggling of goods from there into India, was seized at the Siliguri Junction Railway Station on February 19, while Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) of the total face value of Rs 100,000 were seized from Barddhaman Junction Railway Station on Saturday. (IANS)

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