Mangaluru: Two held with fake currency

Mangaluru: Two people with fake notes worth Rs 4.5 lakh were detained by the city police.

The accused are identified as Nizamuddin and Razim.

During the arrest, the police recovered counterfeit notes worth Rs 4.5 lakhs of Rs 500 denomination. A robbed vehicle was also seized from them.

City police Commissioner N Shashi Kumar said that Nizamuddin has five cases including two murder cases against him.

“The accused said they brought the notes from Bengaluru and they had paid Rs 1.10 lakh to buy the fake notes. They also revealed that the person they got the fake notes from had told them that the money was printed in Coimbatore. We will verify it,” Shashi Kumar was quoted as speaking to ANI.