NEW DELHI: The Special Cell of Delhi Police has arrested a Bulgarian national with fake Indian currency notes (FICN) amounting to Rs 8.9 lakh in the denomination of Rs 500. The suspect, Ruslan Petrov Metodiev (47), is a former Bulgarian soldier and an alleged member of an international FICN cartel.
According to special commissioner HGS Dhaliwal, the suspect has been coming to India since 2018 and was earlier into copying of ATM cards using skimming machines. “After being caught and sent to jail, he came in touch with FICN smugglers. The notes are of very high quality and were self-printed using special ink and laser printers. Exchanged cash worth Rs 1.8 lakh in real currency has been seized,” Dhaliwal said.