Maha: Counterfeit currency racket busted in Aurangabad; five held
Aurangabad, Dec 30 (PTI) Five persons have been arrested in connection with a counterfeit currency racket in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad city, police said on Thursday.
Based on specific information, the police raided a premises in Mukundwadi area on Wednesday night and seized counterfeit currency of various denominations valued at Rs 1.2 lakh and seized printing material worth over Rs 3 lakh, an official said.
The Pundliknagar police first nabbed a man who purchased liquor using a counterfeit note, he said.
The accused Raghunath Dhawlapure revealed that he had procured the fake notes from one Samran alias lucky Shaikh (30), who printed them with the help of Nitin Choudhary in a rented room at Mukundwadi, the official said.
The notes were being sold through two more accused Akshay Padul and Dadarao Gawande, he said.
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Inter-state gang selling adulterated liquor with fake labels busted, 12 arrested
With the arrest of 12 persons from Khatoli, police here Tuesday claimed to have busted an interstate gang allegedly involved in smuggling and selling adulterated liquor as branded drinks after repackaging them in bottles imitating original products.
Along with Muzaffarnagar and adjoining areas, the gang was active in Alighar and Haridwar too, Senior Superintendent of Police Abhishek Yadav told newsmen here.
Their act resulted in revenue loss of crores of rupees to the government, he said.
The raid in Khatoli was a joint exercise of local police with Special Operation Group of Uttar Pradesh Police, a senior official said.
According to police, 6,281 bottles, over one lakh bottle caps and wrappers of top brands, bar codes and holograms of different distilleries were seized in the raid.
Seven bikes and two cars were also impounded, they said.
The gang was supplying adulterated liquor in government licenses shops in Khatoli too, they said.
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Red sanders worth ₹15 crore seized by Customs
Mumbai: The Customs officials on Friday seized a consignment containing red sanders (red sandalwood) weighing 15,020 kg worth ₹15 crore in the illicit market at the Nhava Sheva port. The investigation revealed that credentials of a genuine exporting company were misused to smuggle red sanders to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), said a customs officer, adding that their probe is on to nab the perpetrators.
The special intelligence and investigation branch (export) of the Customs department had received a specific input about the smuggling of red sanders and following the intelligence, Customs officers intercepted a container inside the GTI Terminal of JNPT before leaving the country. The container, destined for UAE with declared goods as “empty glass bottles 90ML”, was examined and found to be stuffed with red sanders, said the Customs official.
“A case has been registered under the Customs Act and we have started recording statements of the people connected to the case,” said the officer, refusing to divulge further details about the exporter or the people involved in the smuggling. Another Customs officer, however, revealed that the exporter is from a Mumbai firm and it appears that the smuggler was trying to misuse genuine documents of the company to run his smuggling racket, but did not succeed in the endeavour. The second officer said they are also trying to ascertain if the gang has sent any other consignments to the United Arab Emirates or some other foreign destinations and if some regular gang of smugglers was involved.
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Police seize £200,000 of counterfeit cigarettes and stolen wine in raid
Prescription drugs an illegal cigarettes worth £200,000 have been seized in a raid by police.
Two men have been arrested after the operation in Warrington.
The strike comes after an investigation over several months into to the illegal supply of prescription drugs in the town by a team of officers.
In a statement Cheshire Constabulary said: “On Tuesday December 21 the team conducted a warrant at an address in Orford where they recovered thousands of counterfeit prescription drugs, approximately £200,000 worth of counterfeit cigarettes and tobacco and a large quantity of stolen wine and spirits.”
Two local men, aged 67 and 31, were also arrested at the address on suspicion of money laundering and handling stolen goods.
Lear MoreSpecial Cell busts syndicate pushing fake currency into country; Rs 8L notes seized
New Delhi: Delhi Police’s Special Cell has busted an international syndicate indulging in circulation of fake Indian currency notes (FICN) in the country and arrested two key suppliers. Notes in the denomination of Rs 2,000, with a face value of Rs 8 lakh, have been seized.
According to DCP Jasmeet Singh, the consignment was being routed to India from Bangladesh borders through Malda in West Bengal.
“The syndicate picked up the consignment in Murshidabad, West Bengal, on the India-Bangladesh border for Rs 30,000 per lakh and sold it for Rs 45,000 per lakh to their contacts,” DCP Singh said. The module, cops claimed, had brought Rs 2-crore notes in the past two years.
The two arrested men have been identified as Feroj Sheikh (42) and Muffazul Sheikh (52) from Murshidabad. A team comprising inspector Ishwar Singh and ACP Attar Singh had been tracking the members of fake currency syndicates.
“The two were apprehended in the intervening night of December 21 and 22 near Kalkaji temple bus stand,” the DCP added.
The police had received information in the last week of October that a module was aggressively pushing in fake notes in north Indian states after procuring them from Indo-Bangladesh border.
The members of the module were identified and surveillance mounted on the movements of the members of this syndicate and requisite intelligence was collected.
Contraband cigarettes seized in Nipigon
A Grenfell, SK man is facing charges after police seize more than 11,000 cartons of unmarked cigarettes.
NIPIGON – A 71-year-old is facing charges after Nipigon OPP seize more than 11,000 cartons of unmarked cigarettes.
According to an Ontario Provincial Police release, officers stopped on eastbound vehicle on Dec. 17 just before 4:30 p.m. for a Highway Traffic Act offense on Highway 11/17 in Nipigon Township.
As a result of the traffic stop, 11,900 cartons of unmarked cigarettes were seized and a quantity of Canadian currency.
A 71-year-old of Grenfell, SK has been charged with trafficking in contraband tobacco, possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime over $5,000, possession of unmarked cigarettes and possession of unmarked cigarettes for the purpose of sale.
The accused was released and is scheduled to appear in Nipigon Ontario Court on Feb. 8.
https://www.tbnewswatch.com/local-news/contraband-cigarettes-seized-in-nipigon-4894429
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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.
Lear MoreContraband cigarettes seized in Nipigon
A Grenfell, SK man is facing charges after police seize more than 11,000 cartons of unmarked cigarettes.
NIPIGON – A 71-year-old is facing charges after Nipigon OPP seize more than 11,000 cartons of unmarked cigarettes.
According to an Ontario Provincial Police release, officers stopped on eastbound vehicle on Dec. 17 just before 4:30 p.m. for a Highway Traffic Act offense on Highway 11/17 in Nipigon Township.
As a result of the traffic stop, 11,900 cartons of unmarked cigarettes were seized and a quantity of Canadian currency.
A 71-year-old of Grenfell, SK has been charged with trafficking in contraband tobacco, possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime over $5,000, possession of unmarked cigarettes and possession of unmarked cigarettes for the purpose of sale.
The accused was released and is scheduled to appear in Nipigon Ontario Court on Feb. 8.
https://www.tbnewswatch.com/local-news/contraband-cigarettes-seized-in-nipigon-4894429
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Political storm brewing in Mizoram over areca nuts smuggled from Myanmar
Aizawl: A political storm is brewing in Mizoram over a recent action taken by the Champai district magistrate against smuggling of areca nuts from Myanmar.
Highly placed sources said Champhai district magistrate Maria CT Zuali, accompanied by some officials, had intercepted four trucks loaded with smuggled areca nuts near Kelkang village in Champhai district near the Myanmar border on the night of December 18 and allegedly burned 150 bags of dried areca nuts to be transported to Aizawl.
Five trucks managed to escape getting arrest, sources said. Following the incident, an Aizawl-based areca nuts transporter named Lalhruaitluangi registered a complaint with state police against Maria CT Zuali.
In her FIR, Lalhruaitluangi had alleged that the Champhai district magistrate along with other officials intercepted their trucks carrying areca nuts near Kelkang village on December 18.
The district officials unloaded 150 bags of areca nuts from three trucks and burnt on the spot, the complaint further said. The District Magistrate also allegedly snatched the drivers’ mobile phones and their ignition keys.
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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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