Tiruchirapalli, January 10: Police have arrested a teenager, hailing from West Bengal State, for circulating fake currency notes of Rs 500 here yesterday.
Police said, the arrested was identified as R Noor Allan, hailing from Howra in Malda district of West Bengal.
Allan, who made a purchase of Rs 200 at a shop at Chinthamani Chathiram city bus terminal area here, and for his purchase he gave a fake currency note of Rs 500 to the shop owner.
Suspecting the authenticity of the currency, the shop informed the police who arrested Allan.
Police also seized two more fake currencies of Rs 500 from him.
Later, he was remanded to judicial custody, police said.
—Agencies