The Chandigarh Police Crime Branch has busted an inter-state syndicate involved in printing and circulating Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) across northern states, recovering counterfeit currency worth Rs 24.27 lakh.
According to an official release, "In a significant blow to counterfeiters, Assam Rifles seized fake Indian currency notes worth Rs 37,28,500 in Rongpur, Silchar, Assam, on 25 March."
Continuing the drive against modules involved in the import of security paper and printing Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN), the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) conducted simultaneous searches at 11 different places across Maharashtra, Haryana, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Bihar yest
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court, of Patna, Bihar has sentenced two accused to imprisonment and fine in a Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) smuggling case involving Bangladeshi and Nepalese nationals, according to a press release.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) secured its first conviction of 2025 as the Special NIA Court, Mumbai sentenced four individuals to five years of imprisonment in a case related to the possession of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN), according to a press release.
The Special Task Force (STF) of Assam police recovered and seized fake Indian currency notes (FICN) worth Rs 4.59 lakh and apprehended a person in the Sonapur area in the Kamrup (Metro) district.
In yet another success in its drive against trans-border crimes and narcotics trafficking, troops under the Border Security Force (BSF) Guwahati Frontier foiled a smuggling bid and seized fake Indian currency notes (FICN), narcotics and rescued large number of cattle heads meant for smugglin
Sharing information, Sukma District Superintendent of Police Kiran Chavan said, "We received information on June 22, Saturday, about the printing of fake currency notes by Naxals. Hence, an operation was launched in the area and printers, ink, and fake notes were seized."
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) charge-sheeted three more accused persons in connection with the seizure of fake Indian currency notes from Guwahati in 2019.
Apart from the Yaba tablets, the Assam Rifles also seized Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) worth Rs 10,500, and a mobile phone worth Rs 20,000 was also recovered from the drug peddlers.