The police in Assam have seized fake currency notes worth Rs 1,85,000 and also arrested one person in this connection, an official said on Thursday.
An official said that the Special Task Force (STF) conducted an operation based on specific input in the Puberun Path area in Guwahati.
One person identified as Shazarul Islam, 30, was arrested.
Islam is a resident of Daulatpur village in Lakhimpur district.
Two mobile phones and cash from his possession were also seized by the police.
Meanwhile on May 13th, fake currency notes worth around Rs 2 crore have been seized during a raid in Assam’s Dhubri district, an official said on Sunday, adding one person was arrested in this connection.
The police said that based on specific input, an operation against the counterfeit notes was carried out on late Saturday night in the Chapar area of Dhubri district.
Sahinur Islam, a resident of Dhirghat in Chapar, was arrested by the police during the operation.
He is suspected of operating a vast network of counterfeit currencies, the police said.
Islam is being questioned by the police to unearth further links in the nexus of counterfeit currency.
