Fake currency notes with face value of Rs 5 lakh seized, one held in Kolkata

One person was arrested from hereafter fake Indian currency notes with a face value of Rs fivelakh were recovered from his procession, police said onThursday.

Acting on a tip-off, a team of Kolkata Policepersonnel apprehended the man from the Esplanade bus terminusarea on Wednesday night and seized 250 fake notes indenomination of Rs 2,000, a senior officer said.

''The person, a resident of Bihar, came to Kolkata todeliver the FICNs to someone. We are interrogating him,'' headded.