Fake notes worth Rs 7.90 Crs Seized at Sunki Ghat in Koraput,3 held
Bureau,Odishabarta
Koraput:Police on Tuesday seized counterfeit currency notes with a face value of Rs 7.90 crore and arrested three persons in Koraput district during routine checking of vehicles. The personnel of the motor vehicle checking team detained a private car with Chhattisgarh registration number at Sunki outpost under Pottangi police station limits. Three persons, including the driver, were travelling in the car.
During checking and police patrolling by Kaibalya Seth,IIC,Pottangi and SI,Sangram Keshari Swain it was found that there were two bags on the back seat of the car and two other bags in the dickey of the vehicle. On opening the four bags, the police team found bundles of fake currency notes in the denomination of Rs 500, police said.
“On being asked, the detainees disclosed that they came from Raipur in Chhattisgarh and were proceeding towards Visakhapatnam. They also admitted carrying fake currency notes in the bags,” police said. The three persons hailed from Janjgir-Champa district of Chhattishgarh.
The police also seized the car, five mobile phones and a few credit card and debit cards, the officer said. Police said it was revealed during preliminary interrogation that the counterfeit notes were printed in a high-quality xerox machine at Raipur.
In connection Pottangi police station registered a case No-15,dtd.02/02/21 u/s.489-A/489-B/489-C/120 (B).Said IIC Pottangi
“We have started an investigation into the matter and help of Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh police will be sought. The accused persons now claim that they have burnt down the printing machine which was used to produce the fake currency notes,” said Koraput SP Varun Guntupalli.
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