Around Rs 10,20,000 in fake currency have been seized from the two men.

Acting on intelligence input, officers of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Vishakhapatnam Regional Unit of Andhra Pradesh intercepted two men near Vizag carrying Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN).

The duo was travelling in the East Coach Express from Howrah to Hyderabad near Vizag today when they caught carrying five bundles of 2000 denomination currency notes.

Around Rs 10,20,000 in fake currency have been seized from the two men.

The FICN were found packed in a newspaper and kept inside a pillow in their luggage bag.

During interrogation, the duo stated that the said FICN was obtained from a person who allegedly brought the same from Bangladesh and handed over to them at a place called "Farakka", which is few kilometre away from Malda in West Bengal, a known hub for FICN circulation.

The accused belong to Bengaluru and it was learnt on further inquiry that they intended to exchange the FICN during the forthcoming elections in Karnataka.

One of the two accused is a history-sheeter and was earlier arrested in Bengaluru for a kidnapping case.

Both the accused have been booked for smuggling FICN into the country, under the provisions of Customs Act 1962.