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Corentyne man found currency making machine

March 31, 2016 | By | Filed Under News 

Police on the Corentyne are almost certain that they have found the source of a counterfeit currency

Niran Khan

Niran Khan

racket, after they busted a 28-year-old excavator operator yesterday.
Niran Khan, of lot 97 Number 71 Village, Corentyne, was arrested when a police party headed by Assistant Superintendent Antonio Fredricks, caught him with a set of fake Guyana $1000 bills.
Kaieteur News understands that the police, acting on information, went to Khan’s house to carry out a search.
Khan, who sitting on his stairs when the police turned up, appeared to be surprised at the sight of the lawmen, and he quickly ran inside with the intention of getting rid of any evidence of his operation.
However, he was too late, as the police rushed in the house and saw him trying to destroy some of the fake bills he had already made.
The cops also found a machine in the kitchen which was used to print the fake currency, along with paper already cut up and waiting to be printed.
Khan was placed in custody and is expected to be in court soon.
β€œWe have been getting a number of reports about counterfeit local currency and we believe that we have found the source. There’s a large amount of counterfeit circulating in this region,” a rank close to the investigation told Kaieteur News.

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