Two people were arrested on Monday and counterfeit currency in denominations of new Rs 2,000 and Rs 500 notes with face value of Rs 26.10 lakh was seized from them, police said.

“Acting on a tip-off, the city crime branch sleuths intercepted a car at Hanuman Madhi area and arrested two persons with fake currency notes of Rs 2,000 with face value of Rs 26 lakh, and of Rs 500 with face value of Rs 10,000,” Rajkot Commissioner of Police Anupam Singh Gehlot told media persons.