Police Arrested Couple Of Counterfeit Money Dealers In Jember, Confiscated Rp100 Thousand In Denominations

Evidence of counterfeit notes of Rp. 100 thousand were secured by Umbulsari Sector Police, Jember Regency, Monday (25/7/2022). ANTARA/HO-Polres Jember

JEMBER - Police arrested a married couple (couple) who were suspected of circulating counterfeit Rp. 100,000 notes in Jember Regency, East Java.

"We arrested EN (33) and her husband MS (43), residents of Cakru Village, Kencong District, Jember Regency, who were circulating counterfeit money in Umbulsari Village, Umbulsari District," said Umbulsari Police Chief Iptu Muhammad Lutfi as reported by ANTARA, Monday, July 25.

According to him, the suspect of the counterfeit money dealer made a transaction by buying goods at the Umbulsari Market using counterfeit money, but one of the traders was suspicious of the largest rupiah denomination.

"Then the merchant rushed to chase the husband and wife and immediately contacted the Umbulsari Police so that we immediately went to the location to secure the perpetrators," he said.

Iptu Lutfi said the police had secured eight counterfeit notes in the Rp100 thousand denomination from the hands of the two suspects, then the Umbulsari Police Criminal Investigation Unit carried out the development of the counterfeit money circulation case.

"We developed where the suspect got the counterfeit money. From the results of the development, we obtained again the evidence that was confiscated in the form of 14 pieces of counterfeit money in Rp100 thousand (Rp1.4 million) denominations, so the total evidence was 22 pieces of Rp100 thousand counterfeit money, he said.

Lutfi explained that the results of the development of the evidence were obtained from the house of the suspect's parents in Kebonsari Village, Yosowilangun District, Lumajang Regency.

"In that case, we are still continuing to conduct investigations and developments to uncover the syndicate of circulation of counterfeit money between regions," he said.

To account for their actions, the two suspects, who are husband and wife, will be charged with Article 36 in conjunction with Article 26 paragraph (2) of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 7 of 2001 concerning Currency with a penalty of 10 years in prison and a maximum fine of Rp. 10 billion.