Nuwakot police have arrested two individuals from Dupcheshwar Rural Municipality with 93 counterfeit 1000-rupee notes. According to Deputy Superintendent of Police Vikram Lama of the District Police Office, the arrests were made based on information that some teenagers were circulating fake currency.
During the investigation of these teenagers, who were found carrying fake notes while shopping in Ramti Bazaar of Dupcheshwar-6 on Tuesday, police apprehended two men involved in manufacturing the counterfeit currency.
The arrested suspects have been identified as 42-year-old Narbahadur Tamang and 48-year-old Bhim Bahadur Tamang, both residents of Dupcheshwar-7. Police revealed that the duo has been producing fake 1000-rupee notes and distributing them among children and within the village for some time.
Police recovered 69 fake 1000-rupee notes from children who came to purchase goods at the market, and an additional 24 counterfeit notes were found during a search of the suspects’ residence.
“The suspects have been making and circulating fake notes for a long time,” said DSP Lama. “We are still searching for other involved persons and the equipment used for counterfeiting.”
The police have taken seven days of investigation time from the Nuwakot District Court under charges related to counterfeiting currency.
