Three held with fake currency, 2 with poppy husk

Tribune News Service

Jammu, November 6

The police today arrested three persons and recovered Rs 81,000 fake Indian currency notes from their possession.

Uttam Chand, the SSP, Jammu, said a police party of the Pacca Danga police station during patrolling apprehended three suspicious persons, identified as Ghulam Mohudin Akhoon of Hathipora, Baramulla, Bilal Ahmad of Drangbal, Baramulla, and Ashok Kumar of Bharmeen Ramnagar in Udhampur district.

The police officer said on their physical frisking fake currency notes of Rs 81,000 were recovered from them.

To a query as whether the fake currency was being pumped in Jammu to woo voters during the ongoing Assembly elections, the SSP said they were investigating the matter.

He added that the police had arrested two more persons, including a truck driver, and recovered six bags of poppy husk from their possession. The arrested persons were identified as Manoj Kumar and Bhupinder Kumar of Hoshiarpur, Punjab.