Man arrested over dud dollars

Man arrested over dud dollars

JAKARTA (JP): Taman Sari Police officers arrested a man after
he tried to exchange fake dollar banknotes worth US$500 at the
foreign exchange counter of the Hotel Dusit Mangga Dua in West
Jakarta, on Tuesday.

Taman Sari Police chief of detectives and intelligence First.
Insp. Robert said the suspect, Heri, 30, a resident of Jl. Boding
in Tangki, Taman Sari, came to the hotel at 2:30 p.m. and sought
to change five US$100 banknotes

"As in any normal transaction, the teller, Atik, checked the
authenticity of the dollar banknotes using a scanner. The
banknotes turned out to be fake. This was then reported to us."

Robert added that the police were still interrogating Heri as
to where he had obtained the counterfeit notes. (ylt)