Trinidad police detain two, seize fake US currency
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Police in Trinidad on Wednesday said they had detained two suspects, including a member of the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force, and seized a quantity of United States and Trinidad and Tobago currencies.
According to the police, a victim had reported that he met a man at the Hilton Hotel on the outskirts of the capital on Tuesday evening to purchase US$10,000.
“He said he first purchased US$6,000 paying a sum of TT$42,600, and then made an additional purchase of US$4,000, paying a sum of TT$28,400,” the police said in a statement, adding that “after the seller left, the victim made checks of the currency with a UV light and found the bills to be fake”.
The police said the victim contacted the seller to make an additional purchase and upon his arrival at the hotel, the suspect, a 24-year-old solider, was arrested by officers.
“Based on inquiries, officers arrested another suspect, aged 45, who was found in possession of US$1,750. A subsequent search of his house resulted in the discovery of US$3,800 and TT$14,000 in a bedroom,” the statement added.
