Five arrested in counterfeit notes raid

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Five suspects had been arrested by the officers of the Mirihana Special Crimes Investigation Unit, during a raid at a house for operating a counterfeit currency note racket at Lunawa, Moratuwa yesterday.

The Police said the suspects were arrested along with 15 counterfeit notes of Rs. 5,000.

They said that they raided the house following a tip off.

“A laptop computer, scanner, printer, type writer and several rubber stamps, which could have been used for counterfeit note printing, were also recovered from the house,” a Police officer said.

The Police said the arrested, aged between 33 and 41, were identified as residents of Lunawa, Koralawella, Egoda Uyana and Angulana.

The Police said that investigation had revealed the suspects had been printing fake Government Certificates and Education Certificates as well.

They would be produced in the Moratuwa Magistrate's Court, according to Police.(Darshana Sanjeewa)

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Amal Sunday, 26 August 2018 12:38 PM

Angulana kaldemulla area is famouse for all these types of crime and police is not interested to catch them, specially mount lavinia police.

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Ceylon Sunday, 26 August 2018 01:59 PM

If the police doing their job according to their trainings,there are no organised crimes.no famous criminals,thugs,kudu etc.replace the police with totaly new recruits based on not paper qualifications but performance based qualificatiins.

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Lord Wolfstein Sunday, 26 August 2018 04:55 PM

Soon, real SL banknotes that are not authorized will come from the Chinese money printing company with Chinese tourists.

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Jaliya Monday, 27 August 2018 07:59 AM

Many Parliamentarians who holds paper qualifications as graduates from local universities holds a certifications from Lunawa, Moratuwa. " The university of Hooligan and the technical institution for counterfeit currency"

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Premalal Monday, 27 August 2018 08:33 AM

Bank notes currently circulating are signed by two alleged criminals, one a fugitive and the other protected. So what validity?

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