Fake currencies to tune of Rs 3 Lakh seized, 2 held

CHENNAI: The Crime
Branch-CID police have
arrested two people, who
arrived from Kolkata by
Coromandel Express last
evening, and seized fake
currencies to the tune of Rs
three Lakh from them.
A CB-CID release here today
said, acting on specifi c
information, a special team
lay in wait and intercepted
the two passengers, Purushothaman
Soni and Amal
Raj, when they alighted
from the train at the Central
Station.
Police checked their belongings
and found fake
currencies in Rs 1000 and
Rs 500 denominations,
which were procured from
Malda in West Bengal.
In all they seized one
hundred notes under Rs
1000denomination and 400
numbers under Rs 500 denomination.
Police took them to the
CB-CID headquarters and
questioned them after which
they were produced before
the 11th Metropolitan Magistrate
Court Saidapet on
Thiursday and remanded in
judicial custody.
Investigations revealed
that the duo had procured
the fake notes from Lal Mohammed
in Malda district of
West Bengal.