Over 40 lakh cash including 6 lakh fake notes, 55 kg silver seized in Gujarat, 8 nabbed

New Delhi: A day after seizure of Rs 26.10 lakh worth fake notes in Rajkot, Police today recovered genuine and counterfeit notes worth over Rs 40 lakh from Ahmedabad and Surat and also seized 55 kg silver from a private bus arresting altogether eight people from different places.

Based on tip offs police recovered Rs 15 lakh cash all in Rs 2000 denomination from one place and Rs 9.40 lakh also in Rs 2000 denomination from another place in Chandkheda area of Ahmedabad. Two people associated with construction business have been arrested in this connection.

In yet another raid on a private bus coming from Rajasthan near Tapovan circle in Chandkheda area, 13 bottles of foreign liquor and 55 kg silver was seized. The liquor was understood to be brought for sale in the wake of coming new year day while the silver is supposed to be parceled for some private courier firm ie Angadiya pedhi here. The bus driver has been arrested and the matter was being investigated.

Earlier the Special Operation Group of Ahmedabad police nabbed two people from Bapunagar area of the city with cash worth Rs 9.52 lakh of which 468 were in Rs 2000 denominations. Ketan solanki and Arvind Patel were nabbed with the cash on a tip off and were being interrogated. Of the total recovery 468 notes were of Rs 2000 (worth Rs 9.36 lakh) while the remaining Rs 16 thousand was in Rs 100, 50, 20 and 10. The money was meant for exchange with scrapped Rs 1000 and Rs 500 notes in lieu of commission. Income Tax has been intimated about the recovery and police was interrogating the duo further.

In Surat the Crime Branch of police had 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.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.

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