3 including NRG from London nabbed with fake 1000 notes worth Rs 6 lakh

Surat: The Crime Branch of Surat police today nabbed 3 persons including a non resident Gujarati from London in Limbayat area of the city and recovered fake notes of scrapped Rs 1000 denominations worth six lakhs from them.

Police said that on a tip off Zakir Mohammed Yaqoob (40), an NRG from South London who had come here three days ago, his younger brother Sarfaraz Mohammed Yaqoob (35), native of Bhadkodara under Jamboosar taluka of Bharuch district living in Limabayat area of Surat and Faizal Ibrahim Patel (26) resident of Limbayat were nabbed near a local hospital.

The 6 bundles or 600 fake notes of Rs 1000 denomination were recovered from them and the trio was arrested. It is understood that they were to change it on commission. Further interrogation was on.

The incident has taken place close on heels of the recovery of fake Rs 2000 and new Rs 500 notes worth over 26 lakh from Rajkot a day ago. The two arrested in that case were taken on remand by police there.

DeshGujarat