The police seized 28 coins of the British era discovered in the coffee plantation
The workers were found in a coffee plantation in the village of Halebelur in Taluk. The silver coins were seized by the Sakleshpur village police station.
1 in circulation between 1860-1904 Rs. On the face coins is a picture of Queen Victoria.
A man named Harish who works in a coffee plantation in Shyam, Halebelur village has got some coins, in which Harish sold a coin to a local man
Upon inquiring the laborer Harish, he handed over the coins to the owner, saying that I had only 9 silver coins.
Shyam, the owner of the plantation, immediately informed the police of the Sakleshpur village station and handed over the 9 coins to the police.
PSI Basavaraj and his staff at the village station have arrived at the spot and arrested Harish and seized 19 coins wrapped in white cloth at the back of his home in Wattegadde village.