Police seize 288 forged Rs.5000 notes following raid
January 20, 2014 10:04 am
A currency-forging racket
has been uncovered in the Dalupatha area of Negombo by the Negombo police
following the arrest of one man who possessed a forged Rs.5000 note.
The Negombo police questioned
the arrested suspect who provided information about the racket and a house in
the Dalupatha area. Following a police raid, 288 forged Rs.5000 bills were
found at the house.
Police also seized three
computers, a printer and the paper used to forge the notes as well as two
Rs.1000 notes and a Rs.5000 note which had only one side printed.
Meanwhile, another
suspect was also arrested at the house.
The two suspects in
custody, aged 23 and 21, will be presented to the Negombo Magistrate court
today (January 20) while the Negombo police are continuing their investigation
into the racket.
