Circulating Counterfeit Money, Men In West Jakarta Arrested And Police Confiscated US Dollars

Evidence of counterfeit money was secured by the West Jakarta Police (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The police arrested a man with the initials HNA. He was arrested on suspicion of spreading rupiah currency to fake US dollars on Jalan Sumur Bor, Cengkareng, West Jakarta. Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the West Jakarta Metro Police, Kompol Andri Kurniawan said the incident was revealed on Saturday, March 23. The incident was revealed from a public report. "It is true that he arrested a perpetrator with the initials HNA for allegedly storing and or trading rupiah currency which was allegedly fake and distributing it to the public in the West Jakarta area," Andri said in his statement, Sunday, March 24. In addition to arresting the perpetrators, his party found evidence of a number of counterfeit bills. Andri did not specify when the arrests were made and the location "frames of Rp100,000 denominations of Rp. 50,000 as many as 31 pieces and 100 US dollars denominations as many as nine sheets," said Andri.

The police have followed up on the alleged case of the counterfeit money circulation by investigating a number of witnesses and coordinating with related parties. "Examining witness witnesses and coordinating with the relevant agencies," he concluded.