J-K: Three held in Budgam with counterfeit currency notes
Budgam (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], December 23 (ANI): Three persons were arrested in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam on Thursday for possessing counterfeit currency notes.
The Budgam police busted a fake currency notes racket with the arrest of Taufeeq Hussain Khawaja, Farooq Ahmad Ganaie, and Abdul Hamid Ganaie.
Through a press release, the police informed that during checking at Narbal area, the police party intercepted a vehicle driven by Taufeeq Hussain Khawaja, a resident of Baliharan Singhpora Pattan Baramulla.
“During the search, printed counterfeit currency notes worth Rs 45,000 were recovered from the vehicle,” they said.
Later, the police also said that Khawaja confessed to his involvement in printing fake currency notes at his home at Baliharan Singhpora Baramulla.
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