Archive · 20 Sep 2026
Mumbai Crime Branch Arrests Man in Counterfeit Currency Case
Mumbai police say a man was selling fake ₹500 notes.
A woman was also allegedly involved in offering the notes for money.
Police received information about the alleged sale near Metro Cinema on September 6.
They set a trap at the location.
Officers detained the woman and found 270 fake notes with her.
She allegedly identified a man as the source of the notes.
Police later apprehended him near Kurla railway station and recovered 1,858 more notes.
Altogether, police seized 2,128 counterfeit notes worth ₹10.64 lakh in face value.
Mumbai Crime Branch Unit-2 arrested a man accused of selling counterfeit Indian currency.
Police said a woman and man offered ₹2 lakh in fake notes for ₹1 lakh in genuine currency.
A woman was detained near Metro Cinema with 270 counterfeit ₹500 notes.
Police recovered 1,858 counterfeit ₹500 notes from the alleged supplier near Kurla railway station.
The total seizure was 2,128 fake notes with a face value of ₹10.64 lakh.
- Who
- Mumbai Crime Branch Unit-2, a detained woman and an apprehended man.
- What
- Police arrested the man and seized 2,128 alleged counterfeit ₹500 notes.
- When
- The police received the information on September 6; the article does not specify the year.
- Where
- The alleged sale was reported near Metro Cinema at Vasudev Balwant Phadke Chowk in Mumbai; the man was apprehended near Kurla railway station.
- Why
- Police said the pair allegedly offered ₹2 lakh in counterfeit notes for ₹1 lakh in genuine currency for financial gain.
- Total notes seized
- 2,128 counterfeit ₹500 notes
- Face value
- ₹10.64 lakh
- Notes recovered from woman
- 270 counterfeit ₹500 notes
- Notes recovered from alleged supplier
- 1,858 counterfeit ₹500 notes
- Police unit
- Mumbai Crime Branch Unit-2
- Police station
- Azad Maidan Police Station
- Legal provisions
- Sections 178, 180, 61(2) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023