In a two separate raids the Gujarat police nabbed four persons with Rs12.45 lakh and counterfeit currency notes and a fake note printing machine from Dakor town of Kheda district and Ahmedabad respectively on Wednesday.
Sources said that a team of the crime branch of Rajkot police conducted a search on a bungalow in Bopal area of Ahmedabad and recovered a fake note printing machine and some blank papers meant for printing counterfeit notes.
The search was conducted on the information received from one of the two persons nabbed in Rajkot couple of days back with fake notes of Rs2,000 and Rs500 denomination. The duo was part of a fake note gang used to operate from Bopal area.
After a tip off police in Dakor town nabbed four persons with cash worth Rs12.45 lakh near Raniya crossing. Most of the notes were of Rs2000 while remaining few were in Rs100 and Rs50. The culprits were said to be involved in exchanging notes on commission.