Kochi: Perumbavoor police seized 17 fake currency notes from a West Bengal native. The arrested person was identified as Selim Mandal, 30, of Murshidabad. He was residing at Mavinchuvadu, Perumbavoor.
The accused was arrested by a team led by Perumbavoor ASP Sakthi Singh Arya. Officers said that although the recovered notes contained a watermark and security thread, they were in the process of ascertaining if the notes were of high-quality category.
Police said that the accused has claimed that he received the money from selling a mobile phone in Murshidabad. However, the police have started an investigation into the source of the fake notes.
An alert about a theft that occurred on the train at Alappuzha led the police to Mandal. According to the police, a laptop and phone were reported stolen from the train.
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