Mesuji Lampung Police Have Arrested 8 Perpetrators Of Counterfeit Money Makers And Dealers, 3 Central People Areburied

Police arrested 8 suspects for counterfeiting money (ANTARA/HO)

The Criminal Investigation Unit of the Mesuji Resort Police (Polres), Lampung, arrested eight suspects in the crime of counterfeiting and distributing counterfeit money in this area. The Head of Public Relations of the Lampung Regional Police, Kombes Zahwani Pandra Arsyad, said the eight suspects had the initials S (36) a resident of Mesuju, S (51) a resident of Tulang Bawang, S (57) a resident of East Lampung, RYS (56), JS (62), P (47) a resident of West Java, THW (52), and T (40) a resident of Central Java. "There are three more suspects who have become DPOs and are still being pursued. They have the initials I, A, and I," he said in Bandarlampung, Antara, Thursday, October 27. He explained that the incident occurred on Friday, October 7, 2022. At that time, one of the perpetrators went to AN's mini ATM and asked to send Rp5 million to the perpetrator's account. After being given some money, the victim went to the Simpang Pematang ATM to make a cash deposit. However, during the cash deposit, the money could not be deposited, so the victim became suspicious and reported it to the Mesuji Police. "After an investigation was carried out on Monday at 00.15 WIB, members of the Simpang Pematang Police Criminal Investigation Unit together with the Tipiter and Tekab 308 Polres Mesuji arrested suspect S in Mesuji," he said. Suspect S admitted that he got the money by buying it from other suspects. From the development, then the members again arrested suspect S in Tulang Bawang. Furthermore, last Wednesday, police officers carried out developments and arrested suspects who helped provide a way to get the counterfeit money in East Lampung, West Java, and Central Java. "At the location, the members found a tool used to print counterfeit bills," he said. During the arrest, members secured evidence in the form of 8,221 counterfeit notes of Rp100 thousand, 5,033 denominations of Rp50 thousand, one cellphone, two account books, two ATMs, one bag, one monitor screen unit, one money counter machine, one sensor tool, 15 money prints, one CPU unit, 12 bottles, one empty paper rim, one printer, and one paper cutting machine. "For their actions, the suspects violated Article 36 paragraph (1), (3) RI Law No. 7 of 2021 concerning currencies with the threat of imprisonment for 10 to 15 years," he said.