Police acting on tip-off arrested Muhammad Mulla, a Pakistani national, and his accomplice Bashir Miya of Bara, Nepal. [break]
Police hailed the arrest as a successful as they had succeeded in arresting a Pakistani national unlike earlier arrests. Police had only been able to arrest accomplices.
Nepal has been used as a transit point to enter India with fake currency, police claimed. Fake currencies are brought to Nepal from Pakistan and later taken to India benefiting the free border, police added.
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