Noida, Dec 13 (PTI) Two persons were detained after the Noida Traffic police on Wednesday intercepted a car for having tinted windows and found Rs 61.60 lakh in "unaccounted" cash in the vehicle, officials said.

During a check by the traffic police, the car was stopped at the Chaturbhuj intersection under the Bisrakh police station area since all four windows were tinted, a police spokesperson said.

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"While checking, Rs 61.60 lakh in cash was found in the vehicle. Asked about it, the driver told police that the money belonged to a liquor shop owner and they were transporting it from the office in the Lal Kuan area of Ghaziabad to deposit it in a bank in the Jagat Farm area of Greater Noida," the police official said.

Later the money, the vehicle and its occupants were brought to the local police station where a representative of the liquor shops' was summoned and a notice was served to him regarding non-compliance to safety standards while carrying cash. A challan was issued for the black windows in the car, the official said.

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While the two car occupants were detained by the local police, the money was seized by the Income Tax department, police said.

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