Fake note printing facility raided

KATHMANDU, Dec 24: Police cordoned off and raided a facility in Bandegaun, Lalitpur, where counterfeit Nepalese and Indian currency were being printed.



A team led by police superintendent Bikram Thapa carried out the raid following a tip-off. Police recovered a note printing machine, and a considerable sum of counterfeit Nepalese and Indian currency notes from the facility.







Police also arrested one Jahangir Sheikh Hasid, an Indian national, from the facility. An investigation is being conducted.

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