Another Nigerian held for fake bills

JAKARTA (JP): Police arrested a Nigerian man Saturday at 9:45 p.m. for possessing counterfeit dollars with a face value of US$2,000, one day after another Nigerian was arrested on the same charges.

The latest suspect, James Olumakinwa Olorunda Oluwasanmi, a pharmacist born in 1953, told police he acquired the bills when he exchanged his Nigerian currency at a money changer at the airport in Lagos, Nigeria.

A source said the suspect, holding a business visa, was carrying 12 $100 bills with the same serial number and eight others with different serial numbers.

City Police Detective Chief Col. Paimin Aboeamr confirmed yesterday that the suspect was being held at City Police headquarters.

On Friday, a Nigerian was arrested for carrying bills with a total face value of $2,000, which police said were fake based on authenticity tests conducted at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. Both arrests took place here. (04/anr)