Archive · 17 Dec 2025
Malda Police Seize Fake Currency and Narcotics
The police in Malda, West Bengal, caught two people with fake money worth ₹12.50 lakh.
They wanted to spread this fake money in different places.
The police are trying to find out where the fake money came from and who else is involved.
Additionally, the police have been working hard to stop drugs in the area.
In the last 10 days, they have seized a lot of brown sugar (a type of drug) worth ₹14 crore and arrested 16 people.
One of the arrested people is linked to drug activities in Manipur.
The police are asking people to share any information they have about drugs and promise to keep their identities secret and reward them.
Malda police seized fake Indian currency notes worth ₹12.50 lakh from Serajul Sheikh and Sentu Sheikh.
The duo planned to circulate the fake currency in different locations.
In the past 10 days, police seized ₹26.88 lakh in fake currency and arrested four people.
Abdul Hakim from Manipur was arrested for delivering raw materials for making brown sugar in Malda.
Police seized approximately 14kg of brown sugar worth ₹14 crore and arrested 16 people in the past 10 days.
- Who
- Serajul Sheikh, Sentu Sheikh, Abdul Hakim, and 13 others
- What
- Seizure of fake Indian currency notes and narcotics
- When
- Tuesday (and past 10 days)
- Where
- Kharibona village, Malda, West Bengal, and Manipur
- Why
- To curb the circulation of fake currency and narcotics
- Fake Currency Seized
- ₹12.50 lakh
- Narcotics Seized
- 14kg of brown sugar
- Arrested Persons
- 18 (16 for narcotics, 2 for FICN)
- Narcotics Value
- ₹14 crore in clandestine markets
- Time Frame
- Past 10 days
