Fake IC notes found hidden in powder packets
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KATHMANDU, MAY 05 - Police on Wednesday night confiscated a huge cache of fake Indian currency notes concealed in 'factory-packed baby powders and potato chips' destined to be smuggled into India from a Nepal-based conduit of Pakistani racket.
Based on intelligence inputs, police impounded the notes with the face value of IRs 832,000 in denomination of IRs 500 from Nawal Kishor Yadav, 39, of Parsa. The counterfeit notes were concealed in the 'factory-packed' Johnson baby powders and potato chips. This has led the police to suspect that Pakistan-based well organised criminals have adopted new techniques to evade arrest.
Superintendent of Police Kedar Rijal, in charge of Metropolitan Police Range Kathmandu, described the seizure as a significant achievement in cracking down the networks of the racket. On April 17, police apprehended a Thai man, Anuvat Sahib, and his Nepali aide Ishwor Prasad Sah Teli in possession of fake Indian currency notes with the face value of IRs 457,9000 from Lazimpat-based Gangjong Hotel.
Police investigating Wednesday's seizure said a man called Abdullah, identifying himself as an Indian national, had checked in the hotel and eventually fled leaving behind the consignment. The investigators, upon finding the fake currency notes inside the packets, waited for someone to pick up the luggage before two women appeared in the scene, paid the bill and received the luggage that was supposed to be handed over to the arrested Yadav in Swoyambhu. Police caught him red-handed while fleeing with the consignment.
Yadav told the police that he was supposed to supply the consignment to a Birgunj-based conduit for Rs 50,000 while another conduit would smuggle that into Indian towns. Police believe he had long been involved in the racket. Police suspect the smugglers, who used to be Pakistanis mainly, could have started using other nationals after police intensified screening of Pakistani men.
Posted on: 2011-05-05 11:59
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