51 fake notes recovered in Porbandar, 3 arrested

Porbandar: In yet another raid against fake note makers in Gujarat, the local crime branch (LCB) of Porbandar police today arrested 3 people in the city and recovered 51 counterfeit notes of Rs 2000, 500 and 100 worth Rs 8600 along with printing equipment.

PSI of LCB R T Vyas said that local man Arbam Guchchhadia and his aide Rambhai Odedara had started printing fake notes at former’s computer shop near Limda crossing in the city since last 10 days. One Manish Makwana was also involved in this crime as a helper.

‘On a tip off, we nabbed the trio from the shop today and recovered 51 fake notes printed by them (one Rs 2000 note, 4 Rs 500 notes and 46 Rs 100 notes ) from their possession. We have also recovered the coloured printer, a pain drive and paper cutter used by them for making fake notes,’ the PSI said.

He said that they were seemingly not a part of any big gang and doing it at their own. The matter was being further investigated.

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