STF nabs three persons transporting 128 counterfeit note bundles
August 18, 2020The Special Task Force (STF) nabbed three persons in possession of counterfeit currency at the Galwana Area in Mulleriyawa, Colombo, last evening (Aug 17).
They were nabbed with 128 separate cash bundles packed in a travelling bag. Only one side of a currency note has been printed and the two notes have been arranged on both sides of each bundle to appear as Rs. 5,000 worth currency bundles, the Police said.
Suspects, aged 34, 36 and 42-years-old residents of Ja-Ela, Angoda and Mulleriyawa, were taken to the Mulleriyawa Police Station for interrogations and the vehicle used to transport counterfeit notes was also taken into police custody.
The suspects will be produced before the Hulftsdrop Magistrate Court, today (18), the Police said.
Mulleriyawa Police are conducting further investigations into printing counterfeit currency notes.
