Suspects Arrested With Forged US Currency
Jonglei State Directorate of Crimes and Investigation Department is holding six suspects in connection with exchanging forged United State of America Dollars within Bor town. 12 November 2012 The suspects arraigned in Bor with the forged dollar notes. [Jacob Achiek Jok] By Jacob Achiek Jok BOR, 12 November 2012 [Gurtong] – Major Osman Fulus Elnur said the department is very active in operations to control crime in the town and they have managed to arrest the suspects for exchanging forged currency. He said they got 28, 100 US dollars from the South Sudanese young men, “we will send them to the court for the finding and they will be able to tell us where they got such amount of the money from so that we are able to secure the situation of currency.” The suspects are approximated to be below 18 years old. Osman said they are still monitoring whether there is a machine which was involved in the production of the notes before they proceed to court. He said they have received information about the circulation of the forged currency in Juba and the main suspects could be based in Juba. “The number of the suspected criminals is 7 but one of them is arrested and is in Bor Central Prison for the case of stealing, he will be brought here for investigation so that we know how did they have these amount of 28,100 US Dollars,” John Mach Yuot said. All the notes have a stamp print showing the US security seal. Posted in: Home, Governance -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
