CHENNAI: In a ‘movie stunt like’ chase in Chennai, police had nabbed 2 members of a fake currency gang and confiscated counterfeit notes worth '4 lakh, on Friday.
According to a police source, the police got the wind of a gang transporting fake currencies from West Bengal to Chennai, recently. “Following the tip-off, city police had formed a special team under Vepery inspector T. Veerakumar and the team had been scouring trains coming from West Bengal for more than three days,” the source added.
On Monday morning, the police team under Veerakumar boarded a train coming from West Bengal to Chennai at Gummidipundi station. While they were searching for the ‘potential’ transporters of fake money, the team noticed two persons alighting train in a suspicous manner at Tiruvottiyur railway station, after seeing the police in their compartment, the police source explained.
“When we asked them to stop, the duo did not heed and started running.
However, we chased them and arrested them at gunpoint,” the police said. The duo has been identified as Pradeep (26) of Perambur and Kamal (2) of Thirumangalam.
When the special team searched their belongings, they were left shocked as the package contained 5 country-made pistols and some bullets. In addition to the guns, the police also had confiscated counterfeit notes worth '4 lakh from them.
“The intelligence we got earlier was regarding smuggling of fake notes. But with the pistols and bullets seized, we suspect the gang, in which Pradeep and Kamal belongs, is also involving in illegal arms trade,” the source added.
The police and Q branch police initiated a further enquiry to find out who sent the pistols and to whom.
