Two nabbed in Vadodara with dollar and pound worth over Rs 96 lakh

Vadodara

The crime branch of Vadodara police has nabbed two persons with UK pound and US dollar worth over Rs 96 lakhs in Indian currency.

P I of of the special operation group of the crime branch M N Parmar said that on a tip off Salim Hussain Menon and Sadir Gaffar Teli were caught from a car on national highway 8 near Fajalpur while they were on their way to Mumbai.

A total of 1 lakh 14 thousand US dollar and 20 thousand UK pound (total value in Indian currency Rs 96 lakh 92 thousand ) were found in a bag they were carrying, he said.

During primary interrogation the duo, resident of Nagarvada locality of the city, could not give any satisfactory answer as to from where they got the large sum of foreign currency. It is however, understood, that the money might be of some hawala racket. The matter was being investigated.

– DeshGujarat