Man arrested for forging money

JAKARTA (JP): The Bogor police have arrested one of four people suspected of forging money, Suara Pembaruan reported yesterday.

The suspect, identified as Bud, 24, was apprehended over the weekend when he was about to use a fake Rp 50,000 note at the PD Pangestu store in front of the Bogor railway station on Jl. Nyi Raja Permas.

The police seized three Rp 50,000 notes from the suspect, an ID card and some bank receipts.

The Bogor police detectives are still tracking the other three suspects, the daily reported.

According to the police, the gang members spent their fake money in Bogor. Then they deposited the change they received from the counterfeit money in a bank account they had opened earlier. (26)