BSF troops seizes FICN worth Rs 96 k along Indo-Bangla border in WB

Kolkata: BSF troops seized a cache of 48 Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) of Rs 2,000 from a man who was apprehended along the Indo-Bangla border in Malda town of West Bengal.

Officials said the seizure of the FICN in new notes with a face value of Rs 96,000 was made last evening from Baishnabnagar area of Malda near National Highway-34, as part of an intelligence based operation.

This is the second such seizure along the South Bengal frontier of the Border Security Force that comprises five border towns of West Bengal.