DHADING: A team of police deployed under the command of a police inspector from the District Police Office Dhading arrested two persons with a gold-like metal object and fake US dollar bills.

Acting on a tip-off, police arrested Beg Bahadur Tamang and Shobha Tamang, who were traveling on a jeep Ga 1 Ja 6753 coming from Lapangfedi to Dhadingbesi at Thopal Khola of Dhading district, police said.

Police recovered a gold-like biscuit-shaped object written “1-kilo fine gold 999.9” bills looking like US dollars written THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and two mobile sets.

Police have initiated a necessary investigation.