The Border Security Force (BSF) and the National Investigation Agency Tuesday seized fake Indian currency notes (FICN) valued Rs.10 lakh and also arrested a racketeer.

 

 The joint operation was carried out near Churiantpur border outpost in Malda district.

 

 The fake Indian currency notes, wrapped in a plastic bag and hidden inside a cement bag, were found under the driver's seat of a vehicle, the BSF said in a media statement.

 

 Driver Iqtarul Haque, a resident of Kaliachak in the district, was arrested.

 

 The BSF described smuggling in fake Indian currency notes as a major concern and raised the issue with its Bangladeshi counterpart – the Border Guards Bangladesh.

 

 In the past few months, the BSF seized such fake notes with face value of over Rs.50 lakh.

 

 –Indo-Asian News Service