India, July 19 -- Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) worth Rs.9 crore were seized and two persons were arrested from a guest house at Sandeshkhali in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Friday, police said.

This comes months after West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee flagged concerns over illegal arms and FICN entering the state through various routes and asked the state police to step up naka checking along state and district boundaries.

"We have arrested two persons. FICN worth around Rs.9 crore were seized from a guest house in Sandeshkhali. Two persons, both residents of South 24 Parganas, have been arrested. Investigation is going on," said an IPS officer of Basirhat police district.

Police said that there were only n...