Thane: Fake currency worth Rs 85 lakh seized, three held

THANE: The crime branch unit -5 of the city police arrested three person including jeweller and seized from their possession counterfeit currency notes worth Rs. 85.4 lakhs, hit by the pandemic due to covid-19, the accused turned towards this.

Those arrested are identified as Sachin Agre,29, Mansoor Hussain Khan, 45, both residents of Chiplun in Ratnagiri and Chandrakant Mahadeo Mane, 45, Sakinaka, Mumbai, said DCP Crime Laxmikant Patil.

The police said based on a tipoff to the Senior Inspector Vikas Ghodke of the wagle Unit that some persons were coming to the Kapurbawdi circle for sale of currency notes laid a trap on Wednesday evening and nabbed the accused.
Ghode informed that the police first arrested the accused Sachin Agre and seized from his possession the currency notes of Rs. 2,000 denomination. AGre is well versed with the working of the computers and Mane who has jeweller shop had shut it due to losses in lockdown due to pandemic and has a loan of Rs 40 lakh, hence he convicnced the duo to start the manufacturing the fake currency.

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