The Special Task Force (STF) of the Crime Branch on Wednesday seized fake currency notes with a face value of more than Rs 15 lakh from a Jan Seva Kendra at a nondescript village of Nua Adhapada village under the Jujumara police station in Sambalpur district. Two inter-State criminals were arrested in this connection.
The two nabbed accused were identified as Podar Prasad Sahu and Janmajaya Bagh.
According to sources, the two accused had been operating the illegal syndicate for quite some time and were under the scanner of the Crime Branch.
Recently, the STF had busted a racket of printing Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) in Bargarh district and seized fake currency notes of Rs 14 lakh and other articles. Two persons were arrested in connection with the crime.
According to Crime Branch sources, illegal currency notes of various denominations with a cumulative face value of over Rs 10 crore have been confiscated during the period of last 10 years.
As many as 320 criminals have been arrested with more than 180 cases filed during the period so far.