Pretend Foreign money Notes Of Rs 7 Crore Face Worth Seized In Mumbai; 7 Arrested
Mumbai police seized pretend Indian foreign money notes with a face worth of Rs 7 crore.
Mumbai:
The Mumbai police have arrested seven individuals and seized pretend Indian foreign money notes with a face worth of Rs 7 crore after busting an inter-state gang interested by printing and distribution of counterfeit notes, an authentic mentioned on Wednesday.
Performing on a selected data, Unit-11 of the Mumbai crime department intercepted a automotive at Dahisar Take a look at Submit within the suburbs on Tuesday night time, the authentic mentioned.
The police apprehended 4 individuals seating within the automotive and interrogated them, he mentioned.
All through a seek of the automobile, crime department sleuths discovered a bag containing 250 bundles of counterfeit foreign money notes (in Rs 2,000 denomination) with a face worth of Rs five crore, the authentic mentioned.
Whilst interrogating the 4 automotive occupants, the police were given details about their 3 extra aides, he mentioned.
Accordingly, a police crew carried out a raid at a lodge in suburban Andheri (west) and arrested the trio, the authentic mentioned, including 100 extra bundles of faux foreign money notes (once more in Rs 2,000 denomination) with a face worth of Rs 2 crore have been recovered from them.
But even so counterfeit notes, the police have recovered a computer, seven cell phones, Rs 28,170 in authentic foreign money, Aadhaar and PAN playing cards and using licences, amongst different issues, from the crowd contributors, he mentioned.
All through the investigation, it got here to gentle that the inter-state gang was once running a racket of printing pretend foreign money notes and distributing them, mentioned DCP Sangramsingh Nishandar (Detection-1), who oversaw all of the operation.
The police have thus far recovered pretend foreign money notes with a face worth of Rs 7 crore and arrested seven individuals on this case, he mentioned.
The accused have been produced earlier than an area courtroom which remanded them in police custody until January 31.
