Cash worth 67 lakh seized, 6 nabbed

Bhuj/Rajkot/Ahmedabad: Cash worth around Rs 67 lakhs has been recovered from three different places in Bhuj, Ahmedabad and Rajkot cities of Gujarat, police said today.

A total of six people have been nabbed in this connection.

The local crime branch of Kutch West police recovered Rs 2770200 from a car near Madhapar police post under B division police station in Bhuj. One Irfan Mistry , a local resident, has been nabbed in this connection. Rs 276200 of this was in Rs 2000 denominations (1361 notes) while the remaining 82 notes were of Rs 100.

In yet another incident the police nabbed three persons including a grocery shop owner from his shop in raiya road area of Rajkot with Rs 24 lakh in cash.

Police has recovered Rs 16 lakh in cash during a raid on a flat in science city road of Ahmedabad. The raid was conducted on a tip off about the illicit liquor sale from this residential locality. Indian Made Foreign Liquour worth around Rs 2.5 lakh has also been recovered from the spot. Two people have been arrested while another one was being searched in this connection.

In Ahmedabad police has also seized liquor worth over Rs 91940 from one Aranya farm house in Shilaj area and nabbed its guard. The matter was being investigated.

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