The officers of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence from Mumbai Zonal Unit of Nagpur, arrested a man in connection with fake currency racket and recovered counterfeited notes worth Rs 18.75 lakhs. According to the DRI, the notes were smuggled from Bangladesh to India.

In a mounted operation conducted in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal, the officers acted after receiving special intelligence information. After receiving the tip-off, they apprehended a man on Monday afternoon at around 3pm and seized the counterfeited notes 386 notes of Rs. 2000/- denomination and 1191 notes of Rs. 500/- denomination, totally having face value of Rs. 18.75 lakhs.