The Mumbai Crime branch unit V arrested a man for possessing fake notes worth Rs 60,000 in Kopri. The Crime Branch received a tip-off about two men possessing fake 100 denomination Indian currency notes trying to sell it near Anand Cinema in Kopri in Thane. On August 29, the crime branch formed a team and laid a trap to nab the accused. "We recovered Rs 60,000 fake notes of Rs 100 denomination. He was arrested on August 31 and while in police custody he confessed the name of his accomplice who provided these notes to him. Following which we immediately arrested him as well," informed a police official from the Crime Branch Unit V Wagle Estate.

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