Baku/20.12.18/Turan: Employees of the Directorate General for Combating Organized Crime of the Interior Ministry detained groups of individuals who delivered 42,000 fake euros to Baku.
According to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the department received information that persons Farhad and Asef exchanged EUR 17,000 and EUR 32,606 in one of the banks. It was later established that the bills of 500 euros were fake. During the search operations, suspected of selling fake money, Baku resident Asef Novruzov and Lankaran resident Farhad Hasanzade were detained.
During the inspection of their office in Baku, another 25,000 fake euros and other evidence was seized.
In the initial testimony, the detainees reported that the fake bills were delivered for sale in Baku from Turkey. The examination revealed that the protective signs and sketches of counterfeit bills were made in a special way, and at first glance it was impossible to establish a fake.
The investigation is under Article 204.2 (making fake money) of the Criminal Code is ongoing.
In relation to Hasanzade and Novruzov, a preventive measure in the form of arrest was chosen. -16D-
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