Police in India have detained a 45-year-old man for forging and selling counterfeit foreign currency including Euro and US dollars.
Muthay Isaha was arrested after he attempted to sell fake currency worth Rs 63 lakh (Ksh8.8 million) to a businessman.
The man has been in India for four months.
Police Superintendent, Abhinav Deshmukh, revealed that Muthay contacted the businessman on phone and told him that he had currency worth Rs 8.40 crore (Ksh118 million) in Euro and US dollar bills.
“He said the notes, for security reasons, were in black colour.
He met the businessman and alleged that after cleaning the notes with a chemical they’d resume their original form.
