Rs 7 crore fake currency notes seized in Mumbai, 7 arrested

MUMBAI: The crime branch arrested seven men who allegedly printed Rs 7 crore in counterfeit currency notes of Rs 2,000 denomination and were planning to circulate them.
Six of the accused are Manoj Sharma, Sumit alias Sam Yaspal, Vinod Vijain, Pradeep Choudhary, Afhak Ansari and Israr Qureshi. Manoj, who is from Delhi, appears to be the kingpin, the other accused are from Ghaziabad, Bijnor and one from Thrissur in Kerala.They have been sent to police custody till January 31.
Acting on specific information, a team led by inspector Vinayak Chavan, Sachin Gawas, Mansingh Patil intercepted a car at Dahisaron Tuesday evening.
During the search, they found a bag containing Rs 5 crore in counterfeit currency notes of Rs 2,000 denomination, an official said. During interrogation, the accused spilled the beans on three of their accomplices.
The police then carried out a search of a place in Andheri from where they arrested three and recovered another lot of counterfeit notes with face value of Rs 2 crore.
Deputy commissioner of police (crime) Sangramsingh Nishandar said that the accused planned to circulate these notes.