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New Delhi, Aug 2 (PTI) Three shop owners have been arrested in outer Delhi’s Sultanpuri area for allegedly manufacturing and selling counterfeit branded jeans, an official on Saturday said.
The accused have been identified as Sharif (29), Javed (35) and Salman (29), he added.

“The action came after a complaint was lodged on July 30 by a representative of M/s Netrika Consulting India Pvt. Ltd., authorised by Levi Strauss & Co., DKH Retail Ltd. (Superdry), Calvin Klein, Hugo Boss, and Zara,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Outer, Sachin Sharma.

The complaint alleged that counterfeit jeans bearing the logos and trademarks of these brands were being manufactured and sold from premises in Kirari Suleman Nagar and the surrounding areas, he added.

Three held for selling counterfeit branded jeans in Delhi 684 fake items seized- The Week

Railway Protection Force personnel on Friday seized ₹1.16 crore-worth cash and gold from two youth at Madurai Railway Junction and handed them over to officials of Income Tax Department.

According to sources, a team of RPF personnel led by Assistant Sub-Inspector C. Ramakrishnan during their routine patrol noticed two youngsters moving in a suspicious manner near the parcel office and took them for an enquiry.

It was revealed that Tanmay Haridas Salunke, 21, of Maharashtra who was a resident in Kovilpatti, was in possession of a bag in which he had bundles of ₹500 currency notes amounting to ₹72 lakh.

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Rampur Police in Odisha’s Sonepur district seized Rs 12.15 lakh in cash from a four-wheeler vehicle during a routine checking drive on the Barpali–Rampur road near Sarasamal Chhak in Dunguripali block. The vehicle, travelling at high speed, was stopped by Rampur police as part of an ongoing checking operation.

Upon inspection, the police found a suspiciously heavy airbag inside the vehicle. Suspecting foul play, officers opened the bag and discovered neatly packed bundles of currency notes in denominations of Rs 500, Rs 200, Rs 100, and Rs 50.

Cash worth over Rs 12 lakh seized from vehicle in Odisha, four arrested 

Medininagar, Aug 1 (PTI) Police on Friday seized India-made foreign liquor worth around Rs one crore kept hidden in a container during checking of vehicles in Jharkhand’s Palamu district, an officer said.

The container vehicle was seized under Nawabazar police station limit while it was on its way to Bihar from Chhattisgarh, said Officer-in-Charge of Nawabazar police station Sanjay Kumar Yadav.

The consignment comprised of 1,068 cartons (34,680 bottles) of liquor, estimated to be worth Rupees one crore and was to be delivered in Bihar, the police officer said.

Foreign liquor worth Rs one crore seized from vehicle, two arrested in Jharkhand’s Palamu – ThePrint – PTIFeed

Illegal cigarettes and vapes worth more than £67,000 have been seized by officers in Huddersfield. A joint operation saw West Yorkshire Police and Trading Standards visit seven stores in the area on Tuesday. They included two retailers in Ashbrow, three in the town centre and two elsewhere in Huddersfield.

 According to the force, 2,050 packets of cigarettes, 168 packets of 50g tobacco, 2,030 oversize vapes and 604 unlicensed single use vapes were seized in total.

The operation was part of a series of initiatives to tackle sources of finance for organised crime in Huddersfield and prosecute people involved in activity such as drug dealing

Illegal cigarettes and vapes worth £67K seized

Kolkata, Jul 30 (PTI) The BSF on Wednesday said border guards have recovered four gold pieces, worth over Rs 44 lakh, in West Bengal’s Nadia district. Acting on a tip-off, personnel of the 11th battalion of BSF’s South Bengal frontier seized the gold weighing 439.23 grams in the Baijnathpur area on Tuesday.

The gold was kept in a black packet, hidden in the bushes, approximately 50 metres from the India-Bangladesh border, it said.

The recovered gold has been handed over to the department concerned for further action.