Man with fake money arrested

Man with fake money arrested

TANGERANG: Tangerang Police arrested a man for allegedly
distributing counterfeit banknotes in US dollar currency. The man
was arrested at his house in Caringin village, Cisoka district,
Tangerang regency, on Sunday evening.

The suspect, Sahlan, 40, claimed that the 84 counterfeit
US$100 banknotes did not belong to him.

"The fake money belongs to a guest who visited me last
Thursday," he told police investigators.

Sahlan said that a man, whom he claimed he had never met
before, visited him on Thursday searching for ruby gemstones.
Since the guest did not bring cash, he told Sahlan that he would
leave his bag at the house and return to Kalimantan to take some
money.

"Since the guest did not return by Sunday, I opened his bag
and found 84 $100 banknotes and five Brazilian real banknotes,"
he said.

Tangerang Police deputy chief of detectives Insp. Kustanto
said on Monday that the police received a tipoff that the suspect
has frequently distributed counterfeit money.

"We sent a plainclothes detective to the suspect's house and
the detective pretended that he could double his money. The
suspect then agreed to doubling the fake dollar banknotes and
would have paid Rp 50,000 for the service for each banknote," he
said.

Sahlan is currently in detention at Tangerang police station.
-- JP