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Huge haul of counterfeit currency in the Capital

Staff Reporter

“Accused carriers of currency being pushed in by Pakistan”

NEW DELHI: Three young men allegedly carrying counterfeit currency notes worth Rs. 33 lakh were arrested in the Hazrat Nizamuddin area here on Monday by the Special Cell of the Delhi police. Meticulously concealed in thread-rollers, the notes of Rs.1,000 and Rs. 500 denominations had been smuggled in from Pakistan through the Rajasthan border.

The Delhi police had received information recently that some residents of neighbouring Ghaziabad were being used as carriers of fake currency being pushed in from Pakistan. They also learnt that one of the suspects would come near a restaurant in Hazrat Nizamuddin on Monday to deliver a huge consignment of counterfeit notes to his accomplices.A team under the supervision of Assistant Commissioner of Police Sanjeev Yadav laid a trap near the rendezvous point and arrested the man along with two of his accomplices when he was handing over the “thread-roller” consignment to them. In all, there were 216 thread rollers. The fake notes were concealed inside the plastic rollers. Each roller – bearing the name of a company purportedly based in Pakistan -- had 18 to 20 notes concealed in it.Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Alok Kumar said the notes were of high quality and it was very difficult to distinguish them from the original.

The accused were identified as Nayeem, Mohammad Muslim and Wasim , all residents of Ghaziabad. During interrogation, Nayeem purportedly told the interrogators that he had brought the consignment from Rajasthan to the Capital on board the Intercity Express.

The other two accused disclosed that they were here to receive the notes for further supply.

“This is for the first time that we have come across such a modus operandi of concealing the notes. It appears that a great deal of effort has gone into packing the consignment to evade detection. We are presently interrogating the accused to find out if they had smuggled in more such consignments in the past,” said Mr. Kumar.

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