The police arrested two men involved in the counterfeit money case
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Julai 15, 2023
Police arrested two men suspected of being involved in a counterfeit money case with one of them involved in selling believed to be fake RM100 notes in a raid last Wednesday.
The police arrested two men involved in the counterfeit money case
Police arrested two men suspected of being involved in a counterfeit money case with one of them involved in selling believed to be fake RM100 notes in a raid last Wednesday. - Decorative photo/Twitter@bernamadotcom
GEORGE TOWN: Police arrested two men suspected of being involved in a counterfeit money case with one of them involved in selling believed to be fake RM100 notes in raids here and Jalan Tebrau, Johor last Wednesday.
North East District Police Chief ACP Soffian Santong said the two men were arrested following a police report received from the assistant store manager of a convenience store in Jalan Macalister, here regarding a man buying a Touch N Go top-up coupon using believed to be fake RM100 notes on July 8. .
"Acting on information, the police managed to arrest the man in the George Town area at 11.30pm and raided his house in Bukit Mertajam and confiscated several items including mobile phones, clothes and seven Touch N Go top-up coupons.
The investigation found that the suspect claimed to have bought 30 fake RM100 notes for RM1,000 from a local man known through the social media site Instagram," he said in a statement today.
He said that as a result of information and intelligence, the police managed to arrest the second man believed to be involved in selling the fake banknotes in a raid on Jalan Tebrau to help investigate the case.
Soffian said further investigations were still underway and the two men were now remanded for seven days to assist in the investigation under Section 489B of the Penal Code.
Meanwhile, the South West District Police Headquarters in a statement said that the police confiscated eight motorcycles in accordance with Section 64(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987 in the operation of street thugs and mat rempit in the focus area of their illegal racing in the district.
The statement informed that the police also issued 30 summonses for various traffic offenses in the operation from 12.30 midnight to 4 am.
"In addition to curbing street thugs involving mat rempit, the operation also aims to ensure that motorcyclists always comply with the existing traffic regulations and according to the specifications that have been set.
This operation is also focused on locations that are the focus of mat rempit doing dangerous actions and detecting drunk drivers, preventing the occurrence of vehicle theft, robbery, burglary and other crimes," he said.
