Fake Indian currency notes of the face value of 5 lakh and 20 thousand rupees in 2,000 rupees denomination have been seized from near Bangladesh border in West Bengal's Malda district.<br/><br/>A BSF official said today that acting on a tip-off about smuggling from Bangladesh, the Border Security Force troopers of border outpost Churiantpur in Malda district planned an ambush in and around the Indo-Bangladesh Boundary Fence (IBBF) area last evening.<br/><br/>Mr. RPS Jaswal, Deputy Inspector General of BSF's South Bengal frontier, said in a press release that the BSF recovered a bundle of 260 fake 2,000 rupees notes from the border area and handed over the seized notes to Kaliachak police station for further action.<br/><br/>He said, the troopers challenged a suspected smuggler who was about to collect the package thrown from the Bangladesh side of the fence but the suspect fled away taking advantage of the darkness. The BSF of the South Bengal Frontier has seized counterfeit Indian currency notes of the face value of more than 36 lakh rupees and apprehended five smugglers so far during 2017.