One held with banned notes worth INR 400,000

KATHMANDU: Police at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) arrested a man in possession of banned Indian currency notes with a face value of around INR 400,000 on Thursday.

The arrestee has been identified as Ranjan Pandey of Byas Municipality-12, Tanahun.

Police apprehended Pandey and recovered INR 3,93,650 from his possession.

He was about to fly to New Delhi on a Nepal Airlines flight.

Pandey was arrested as he was found with banned Indian notes, TIA police Spokesperson Himalayan Shrestha said.

Police have sent Pandey to the Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) for further investigation.