The Border Security Force (BSF) seized fake Indian currency notes (FICN) of face value of Rs 5 lakh from West Bengal's Malda district on Tuesday, an official said.Acting on a tip-off, the South Bengal frontier of Kolkata BSF kept a vigil close to gate number 19 of the border outpost Sasani."During the vigil, suspicious operations were observed on both sides of Indo-Bangladesh border and two persons from Bangladesh side threw a bundle over the fence to the Indian side," Naveen Chouhan, Deputy commandant of BSF's South Bengal Frontier said.When challenged by the security personnel, the miscreants on the Indian side fled without collecting the money.No one could be arrested due to darkness."The ambush party searched the place and recovered FICN of face value of Rs 5 lakh from the spot," he said.The BSF South Bengal Frontier has seized FICN of the face value of Rs 1,20,31,000 and apprehended 13 fake note smugglers so far in 2016.In a separate raid, BSF's South Bengal frontier also seized a non-licensed country pistol from the Daulatpur outpost in Maldah. The seized pistol has been handed over to Baishnavnagar police station for further legal action.