Five persons have been arrested from separate locations in Barmer District on August 9, for running Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket, reports Hindustan Times. Police also have seized 2.74 kilograms (kg) of banned heroin, which is worth around INR 3,00,00,000 following the seizure of FICNs allegedly smuggled from Pakistan.
Anand Sharma, Superintendent of Police (SP), Barmer stated, “We got a tip-off about the contraband and raids were conducted at Khandu Khan’s house in Bhanwar village. We recovered 1.74 kg heroin from his house..During interrogation, Khan named Mula Ram of Bamarala Der village as his accomplice. Another kg of heroin was recovered from Ram’s house. The market value of the seized contraband is around Rs 3 crore”. Later, Akbar Khan of Paradiya village was arrested and INR 6,55,000 lakh FICNs were found in his possession. Sawan Khan, Bacchu Khan, Badal Khan, and Ajij Khan are the other persons arrested for running the FICN racket. Akbar’s uncle Roshan Khan is based in Pakistan and is the supplier of FICNs. He is suspected to be behind the smuggling of drugs as well, the Police added.