08-01-2007, 05:34 PM
<b>Nepal arrests Pakistani with fake currency</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->KATHMANDU: Authorities in Nepal have arrested a Pakistani national who was carrying more than $250,000 in fake Indian currency, officials said on Tuesday.
âThe fake currency totalled Indian Rs 10.2 million ($252,000) in Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denominations,â Dhak Bahadur Karki, a senior security official at the airport told AFP, adding the bills were hidden in soap bar wrappers.
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Abdul Wahib, 40, who told police he was a businessman, was stopped on Monday at Kathmanduâs Tribhuvan Airport upon arrival from Karachi. If convicted of counterfeiting, Wahib could be sentenced to five years in prison and fined the same amount as the total of the fake currency he attempted to smuggle into Nepal. afp<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
âThe fake currency totalled Indian Rs 10.2 million ($252,000) in Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denominations,â Dhak Bahadur Karki, a senior security official at the airport told AFP, adding the bills were hidden in soap bar wrappers.
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Abdul Wahib, 40, who told police he was a businessman, was stopped on Monday at Kathmanduâs Tribhuvan Airport upon arrival from Karachi. If convicted of counterfeiting, Wahib could be sentenced to five years in prison and fined the same amount as the total of the fake currency he attempted to smuggle into Nepal. afp<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->