Hyderabad, March 2 -- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested Noor Mohammed, a Nepali national who had been absconding since 2014 in connection with a high-profile counterfeit Indian currency racket tied to cross-border handlers operating out of Dubai. He was apprehended from the Patori area of Samastipur district in Bihar late on Sunday, officials said.

Mohammed is wanted in a long-running fake Indian currency notes (FICN) case that dates back to June 2014, when customs officials at Delhi airport intercepted a passenger and recovered 4,988 counterfeit Rs. 1,000 notes with a face value of Rs. 49.88 lakh. A chargesheet was subsequently filed in 2017 in the Patiala House Court, Delhi, in connection with the seizure.

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