Armenian police arrest two counterfeiters

YEREVAN, June 19, /ARKA/. Armenian police provided details of the detention of two men suspected of selling counterfeit, home-printed banknotes.

According to the Police, the suspects are a 42-year-old resident of Yerevan and a 34-year-old man from the village of Yeraskhun in Armavir province. They are suspected of producing and selling fake banknotes with the face value of 5000 drams.

The police posted a video on their website, in which a man buys fruit giving the seller an obviously counterfeit banknote. The seller seeing that the banknote I not real starts chasing him, but not for long.
The man was ambushed by policemen and detained. He had on him 9 fake 5000 drams banknotes.

It turned out that he had purchased banknotes from a 35-year-old resident of the village of Yervaskhun at a price several times lower than the nominal value. The seller of fake banknotes was also detected and detained.

A criminal case was initiated. The police searched the men’s apartments finding printing equipment and special paper, which were also confiscated. –0–

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