The Special Operations Group (SOG) of Ahmedabad City Police successfully foiled a counterfeit currency racket on Thursday, arresting four individuals in connection with the production and distribution of fake Australian dollars.
Inspector M. S. Trivedi and his team apprehended Ronak Chetan Rathod, a resident of Vejalpur, and seized 119 counterfeit Australian dollar notes, valued at Rs 600. The fake currency was being circulated in the local market.
Further investigations led to the arrest of Khush Ashok Patel, who disclosed that Maulik Shankar Patel had supplied him with the counterfeit notes to distribute. Police have recovered printing equipment that was used to produce the fake currency.
The SOG team continues to probe the extent of the counterfeit operation and the involvement of other suspects in the network.
