Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in separate drives at Gulshan, Banani and Kuril areas in the capital arrested seven fake note traders including the kingpin Abu Sheikh on Thursday night. The other detained persons are Mohosin Mia, 45, Abul Bashar, 40, Kamrul Sheikh, 35, Isharot Mollah, 27, Shahin Matbor, 37 and Abdur Rahman Mollah, 40. The RAB personnel recovered 1,500 Saudi Riyal and 10 mobile sets from their possession during the drives, said Lieutenant Colonel Sarowar Bin Kashem, commanding officer of RAB-1, at a press briefing in city's Karwan Bazar area yesterday. The fake note traders had been cheating people for long in those areas and were eyeing the Hajj Camp, the officer added. A case was filed with Vatara Thana in the capital.
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