TIRUPATI: Special enforcement bureau officials seized Rs 75 lakh unaccounted for cash at Panchalingala check post in Kurnool district on Sunday.
According to SEB circle inspector Manjula, the police were conducting vehicular checks at Panchalingala check post and when they checked a car going from Hyderabad towards Kurnool. The sleuth ,found several bundles of currency notes concealed inside a bag.
When they questioned the sole occupant in the car identified as Gurunath, who is said to be a resident of Bidar in Karnataka, he evaded a direct reply and could not produce any relevant documents pertaining to the transportation of such large quantity of currency notes, the police said.
Vigilance paying off, say cops
The SEB officials seized the currency worth Rs 75 lakh and the vehicle and handed them over to Kurnool taluk police, who registered a case and took Gurunath into custody for further questioning.
The police said constant vigil by the special enforcement bureau at Panchalingala check post near Telangana-Andhra Pradesh border in Kurnool district is paying good results as large quantities of interstate liquor, unaccounted for currency notes, gold, silver and other articles being transported without bills and documents were seized in the last few months.
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