Youth held with fake notes

Police arrested a young man with 151 fake currency notes worth about Tk 75,500 from Shimulia ferry ghat in Louhajang upazila of the district on Tuesday. The arrestee is Rafique Sarder, 32, son of Motaleb Sarder of Swarna Ghosh village in Palong upazila of Shariatpur district. Sub-Inspector of Louhajang Police Station Nurul Huda said Rafique bought bread from a grocery at the ferry ghat and gave a note of Tk 500 denomination to the shopkeeper. As the shopkeeper found the note to be fake, he along with the help of local people caught Rafique and informed the police. The law enforcers rushed to the spot and recovered 150 more forged notes after searching Rafique's body. A case was filed in this connection.