Arresting those accused of counterfeiting currency in Basra

The Basra police arrested three suspects who tried to bring counterfeit currency into the province.

The media of the Basra Police Command stated, according to a statement, that the police detachments under the control of the martyr Lieutenant General Hassan Karim Al-Gharawi (Al-Jawaber) were able to arrest three suspects riding an Obama-type taxi who tried to bring fake currency into the province.

It added, they were seized with a counterfeit currency of the category (10) ten thousand Iraqi dinars, indicating that the arrest of the accused was carried out through careful inspection of people and vehicles passing through the checkpoint, and legal measures were taken and they were referred to the competent authorities.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency