Six arrested for counterfeiting

Six arrested for counterfeiting

BOGOR: The Bogor Police have arrested an Army officer and five
others suspected of being involved in a counterfeiting
ring.

Police seized Rp 2.8 billion (US$280,000) in counterfeit notes
from the Army officer, Adj. Brig. Robert.

At a press conference on Tuesday, Bogor City Police deputy
chief, Adj. Sr. Comr. Bambang Wasgito, said Robert and three
other suspects, Momo, Omar and Slamet, were arrested in Bogor.
The two other suspects, Hertono and Endang, a taxi driver, were
arrested in Jakarta.

The alleged mastermind of the counterfeiting ring, Robi, has
been detained by the Bogor Police for the last two months.

Robi was arrested after the 50-year-old Soekarno, a resident
of the Cisarua subdistrict in Bogor, filed a report with the
police. He filed his complaint after attempting to pay his
telephone bill at Bank BRI and being told by the teller that his
Rp 100,000 note was counterfeit.--JP