Note Ban Effect: Cops Seize Rs 2 Cr in 1 Day in Separate Incidents

Police seized Rs 96 lakh in Delhi and Rs 1 crore in Mumbai.

An amount of Rs 96 lakh in cash were seized from New Delhi on Saturday. The cash was allegedly being transported from Delhi to Gorakhpur, and it was seized from the city's Anand Vihar bus terminal. One person was arrested.

In another incident, Rs 1 crore in demonetised Rs 1,000 currency notes was seized from a luxury car at Vashi in Navi Mumbai and four people were detained in this connection, police said on Saturday.

Acting on a tip-off, police laid a trap. When the car came and halted near a housing complex at Sector 28 in Vashi on Saturday evening, the police team checked the vehicle and found two bags full of currency notes of Rs 1,000 denomination.

Navi Mumbai Police press release 

During interrogation, the accused said they had come to Vashi to get the old notes exchanged, but did not reveal the source of the cash and where they planned to get the notes exchanged, police claimed.

(With inputs from media agencies.)