Alleged counterfeiters arrested

Alleged counterfeiters arrested

BOGOR: Police arrested six suspects in a counterfeiting ring
early on Tuesday, and also seized phony U.S. and Indonesian
banknotes which would have been valued at Rp 2.03 billion (about
US$240,824) during the arrest.

Cisarua Police chief Adj. Comr. Ahmad S. Ridwan said that the
four suspects Muhtar Mubarok, Habib Burohman, Gumelar Wahyu and
AA Mami were arrested in Cisarua while two more suspects Maksi
and Dadan were nabbed in Sukabumi.

The bills were mostly Rp 100,000 banknotes and a few US$100
banknotes. They also confiscated the equipment used to make the
fake notes.

Ridwan said that the arrest was made after police received
information from a victim, Ade Uwa, a resident of Cisarua, who
was swindled out of a legitimate Rp 700,000 in exchange for Rp 2
million in fake banknotes.

He also said that police would begin a search for other
members of the gang who were believed to be holed up somewhere in
Jakarta. -- JP