A 30-year-old man has been arrested by the Criminal Intelligence Unit (CIU) of the Detection Crime Branch in Mumbai. The accused, identified as Nishikant S. Shirsikar, is a member of an international racket that has cheated many US and Canadian citizens of millions of dollars by posing as tax or immigration officials.

Acting on a specific tip-off, the CIU sleuths on the night of August 29 intercepted the Shirsikar in Malad (West). The CIU sleuths recovered Rs 5 lakh cash, gold biscuits worth Rs 10 lakh, a small quantity of ganja and cigarettes filled with ganja from his possession. A suspected stolen Yamaha two-wheeler was also seized.