Fake Currency: Uzbek Men Try To Trade Fake Currency, Held | Delhi News

New Delhi: Two Uzbek nationals have been arrested in Connaught Place for allegedly attempting to exchange fake currency amounting to $12,000. Police are interrogating them to determine the source of counterfeit money and searching for their Indian associates. A sum of Rs 4.5 lakh was recovered from them. The complainant, who runs a money exchange business, stated that on April 17, around 8pm, he was in his shop when two foreign nationals, aged around 30-32 years, approached him. One of the men, who introduced himself as Mirodil Umarov, said they had around $10,120 that they wanted to exchange for Indian rupees. They claimed to be tourists.“Umarov handed me a bundle of $100 notes. I noticed some irregularities in the quality and printing of a few notes. I found that some notes had identical serial numbers,” the complainant stated.“I asked them where they had obtained the dollars and told them I would call the police. They snatched the notes from my hands and fled. I raised an alarm and chased them down with the help of police officers,” he said.

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