Rs 1.5L seized in fake notes, 4 arrested

  • | Friday | 11th January, 2019

“All the seized fake notes are of fine quality and it is very difficult to distinguish fake notes from real ones,” he added. Ghaziabad: Fake currency notes with a face value of Rs 1.5 lakh were seized from Khoda Colony on Thursday. Cops seized 290 notes of Rs 500 and 90 notes of Rs 100. He seized the currency notes for verification. The police had received informal complaints regarding a fake currency racket operating in the area,” said Shlok Kumar, the police chief of Ghaziabad.The main accused, Vijay Kumar, is absconding.

Ghaziabad: Fake currency notes with a face value of Rs 1.5 lakh were seized from Khoda Colony on Thursday. Four persons, who allegedly smuggled the fake currency from Haryana, have been arrested.The accused, identified as Arjun Kumar (27), Badlu Prasad (31), Janki Yadav (23) and Ramkumar Prasad (33), are all residents of Ghaziabad. “The men were paying a tea stall owner in Khoda and a police constable was also having tea at the kiosk. He became suspicious when the accused handed over Rs 500 that did not seem original. He seized the currency notes for verification. The entire bundle turned out to be fake. The police had received informal complaints regarding a fake currency racket operating in the area,” said Shlok Kumar, the police chief of Ghaziabad.The main accused, Vijay Kumar, is absconding. Cops seized 290 notes of Rs 500 and 90 notes of Rs 100. “All the seized fake notes are of fine quality and it is very difficult to distinguish fake notes from real ones,” he added.

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