Ahmedabad: Counterfeit currency worth Rs.1.40 lakh seized
On January 25, 2012 Times of India reported that a team Special Operations Group (SOG) team found more counterfeit currency notes from the two men arrested by Karanj police on January 21. The SOG sleuths said that the racket trail leads to West Bengal. The cops found Rs. 1.40 lakh in Rs. 1,000 and Rs. 500 denominations counterfeit notes. Police said that Mohammed Badshah Shaikh, 52, and Mohammed Rizaul Shaikh, 39, both residents of Jharkhand, were nabbed near Teen Darwaza by local traders on Saturday when they were trying to purchase goods of small values with Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes. During their search, officials found a total of Rs 23,000 in fake currency. The case was later handed over to SOG for further investigation.
The original article can be found at Times of India.
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