Agartala, Nov 08, 2022, TRIPURATIMES Desk

Agartala, Nov 08: Tripura Police arrested two youths along with a huge amount of Fake India Currency Notes from Chandrapur area in Agartala on Tuesday.

According to police, the two arrestees are- Bokul Kishore Chakma and Rajeswar Chakma, both residents of Mamit district in Mizoram.

Based on secret information, police trapped the two youths through a source. When they reached the Chandrapur Motorstand area to sell the notes, they were arrested by the police.

Speaking to the media, SDPO Sadar- Ajoy Kumar Das said, high-quality Fake Indian Currency Notes of Rs. 1,21,000 were found in the possession of the two youths. As it appeared, the notes were printed out of the country to destabilize the Indian economy.

The two youths during preliminary interrogation informed police that they had collected the notes from Rangamati.

The police officer said, Bokul Kishore among the arrestees was arrested along with arms and fake currencies earlier too.

Das, who joined the operation in plain cloth, said the seized notes would be sent to a forensic laboratory. He said, the two arrestees would be produced before the court on Wednesday. He also smelled a strong syndicate’s involvement in the fake currency smuggling racket.