The Delhi Police arrested an alleged member of an international gang involved in pumping fake Indian currency notes into the country from New Delhi's Anand Vihar inter-state bus terminus.
The police seized 330 fake notes in denomination of Rs 2,000 from him. Based on a tipoff, a team of Special Cell arrested Kashid, 54, near the ISBT on November 16, said PK Kushwah, DCP (Special Cell).
"High quality FICN numerically amounting to Rs 6.60 lakh were recovered from him. 250 of the recovered FICN bear a single serial number and other 80 are also of only four serial number," Kushwah said.
The arrested accused was wanted in a similar case registered by the Special Cell.
He was involved with the fake currency racket for the past 15 years and was a member of an international gang that routed FICN from Malda in West Bengal, to other parts of the country including Delhi, UP and Bihar, the officer said.
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