The police on Wednesday seized counterfeit notes worth more than Rs5.25 lakh and arrested two persons from Biripur village under the Narayanpatna police limits in Koraput district for possessing the fake notes.
After getting information regarding circulation of counterfeit notes, a team of the Narayanpatna police rushed to Biripur village and arrested two persons.
According to laxmipur SDPO Hemant Padhi, the police have seized 170 counterfeit notes of Rs 1000 and 711 counterfeit notes of Rs500 from the accused who have been forwarded to the court later on the day.
Padhi said the duo had purchased the counterfeit notes from an Andhra Pradesh people by giving a Hanuman Paisa (a coin with lord Hanuman’s picture on it) worth Rs1.25 lakh.