Captured by : Police seize new currency worth Rs 24 lakh at Calangute
MAPUSA
Calangute Police arrested three persons on charges of exchanging old currency notes for new ones and seized new currency worth Rs 24 lakh at Gaurawaddo-Calangute on Wednesday.
According to Calangute PI Jivba Dalvi, the accused, a pygmy agent, Shyamsunder Palyekar (42) from Khorlim, a computer salesman and technician Sushant Volvoikar (30) from Borim-Ponda and a matka bookie Kishan alias Eshan Korgaonkar (30) were caught red-handed with new currency notes of Rs 2,000, amounting to Rs 24 lakh.
The police said the accused used to exchange old notes for a commission of 20-40 per cent.
The police have also seized a Swift Dzire car (GA-05-T-3963) and three mobile phones from the accused.
The police further informed that acting on information from a source that the racket of exchanging currency was underway in Calangute, the police posing as customers called the accused and informed them to meet them near a hotel at Gaurawaddo-Calangute on Tuesday night.
“Accordingly, a police team led by PI Jivba Dalvi and PSI Mahesh Gadekar rushed to the site and caught the accused red-handed with new currency notes,” informed the police.
The accused and the seized amount will be handed over to the Income Tax department. Further investigation is in progress.
