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Fake currency dealers held

RECORDER REPORT

FAISALABAD: Thikeri Walla Police have arrested three persons, Ashiq Ali, Mohammad Arif and Shehzad Ashraf Bhutto, of chak No.60 J.B.(Shehbaz Pur) on charge of circulating forged currency in the market and recovered large quantity of forged currency notes of various denominations from their possession.

During the police investigation, the accused admitted that they had been circulating fake currency in various cities of the country since long. Over their revelation the police have expanded the scope of their investigation to trace the printing presess involved in the printing of forged currency notes and the arrest of few others involved in this racket is expected very shortly.