Dhaka, Feb. 27 -- A man has been arrested in Chattogram with counterfeit foreign currency.

Sohel Chowdhury, 40, was detained on Thursday during a raid in the Oxygen Pathanpara area under Bayezid Police Station, according to the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB).

Acting on a tip-off, RAB personnel conducted the raid at a flat in Jahanara Bhaban of Ahmadia Housing Society, where they seized fake foreign currency from his possession.

The recovered notes include 74,500 counterfeit Indian rupees, fake UAE 100-dirham notes and 1,700 counterfeit US dollars, the RAB said.

Sohel, a resident of Fatikchhari Upazila, is being handed over to the police for further legal action, the force added.

Sohel was part of a syndicate involved in circulating cou...