Three arrested with Tk 15 lakh in fake bills
Nine days after busting two factories making fake bank notes, Detective Branch (DB) of Police arrested three members of a gang, involved in making and spreading counterfeit money, from the capital's Paltan on Tuesday.
DB also seized Tk 15 lakh in fake notes from the possession of the arrestees -- Shahruk Hossail alias Roni, 27, Ansarul Karim, 24, and Saidul Islam, 50.
The arrestees, a section of an Old Dhaka-based gang, were assigned to carry the forged notes to a certain destination, said DB officials.
DB Additional Deputy Commissioner Mashiur Rahman said forger gangs have become active ahead of Eid-ul Azha, adopting a new technique to spread Tk 100 crore in fake bills in different markets.
The technique involves third parties which buy and sell the counterfeit notes. These groups appoint good looking and inconspicuous women and men to spend the forged notes so that no suspicions arise, he said.
“The forgers sell Tk 1 lakh in fake notes to one group for Tk 6,000 to 7,000. This group then sells it to another for Tk 10,000 to 12,000 and the sequence continues four or five times.
“In the final stage, the hired people put the counterfeit notes into circulation by buying things from the markets,” he said.
Mashiur said DB received information that three members of such a gang would meet prospective buyers in front of the General Post Office's second gate around 7:30pm.
Detectives caught the trio from there red handed. They claimed that they receive a commission for carrying the notes, he said.
The two factories in the capital's Demra and Kamrangirchar were busted on October 25 while 10 people were arrested with Bangladeshi and Indian fake notes. DB sources said there were a dozen fake note factories operating in the city.
Meanwhile, DB arrested two Yaba traders, including a Hafez (a person who has the entire holy Quran memorised), with 500 pieces of the drug from Tejgaon Industrial Area in the capital Tuesday night.
Mashiur said they arrested Hafiz Ruhul Amin, 30, and Imam Ali Khandoker alias Sumon, 25, while the duo were selling the drug to a customer at Shat Rasta intersection around 9:30pm.
“We had arrested Ruhul once before and after getting bail he got involved in the illegal business again. The gang used to bring Yaba tablets from Teknaf," he added.
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