ADDIS ABABA (Halbeeg News) – Ethiopian security forces have arrested suspects who were found with fake currency notes in Addis Ababa.
The police Commissioner said eight were arrested in Bole sub-city, woreda 7 at a special place called ‘Meta Fabrika.
Chief Sergeant Berihun Sileshi, a crime investigator at the commission stated that 512 counterfeit US dollars, 455,200 original Ethiopian Birr and 1,900 US dollars were recovered from the individuals.
“We have been trailing them after locals recorded complaints with the police. We also intercepted a machine used to detect genuine currency with them,” Sileshi said.
According to the police, several papers cut to the size of Ethiopian birr and US dollars as well as chemicals and other materials used to print the fake currency notes were also found in the two houses they owned on rental.
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