India, Feb. 10 -- Questioning of an accused arrested in a counterfeit currency case led to the seizure of cocaine worth over Rs 19 crore in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district, police said on Monday.
On February 3, a written complaint was lodged at Bari Brahmana police station by a branch manager of Punjab National Bank, regarding depositing of fake currency notes.
The bank official had alleged that Dil Mohd, a resident of Digiana Ashram, had deposited fake currency notes having a face value of Rs 9,000, a police spokesman said.
He said a probe was launched after registering an FIR under relevant sections of BNS at Bari Brahmana police state. During the investigation, police obtained bank account statements of the accused who is presently...