Fake currency with the face value of Rs26.10 lakh, in the new Rs500 and Rs 2,000 denominations, were seized here yesterday and two persons arrested, police said.
"The city Crime Branch personnel intercepted a car and recovered fake currency notes of face value of Rs 26 lakh in Rs 2,000 denomination and another Rs 10,000 in Rs 500 denomination," said Rajkot Police Commissioner Anupam Singh Gehlot.
"The notes were kept inside the speaker box of the car they were travelling," he told reporters.
Police arrested Hriday Jagani and Lakshman Chauhan, both from Ahmedabad, for possession of the fake currency.
