Police have arrested two Thai women with banned Indian currency from the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA).

According to Himalaya Kumar Shrestha, spokesperson at the TIA’s Security Office, the duo were nabbed with INR 294, 500.

Police said that the banned Indian currency was recovered from a hand bag of the duo during a regular security check.

Police said that they arrested the duo while they were heading towards Delhi, India from Kathmandu.