The seizure of a specialized ring of counterfeit currency in Mansour, West of Baghdad

BAGHDAD / Baghdad - The Directorate of Inspections of Baghdad in the Office of the Inspector-General of the Ministry of Interior, on Monday, seized a gang specializing in counterfeit currency west of the capital.

The Directorate said in a statement received by "Al-Gharab Press" a copy of it, "The special detachment of the Directorate of Inspection of Baghdad in the Office of the Inspector General of the Ministry of Interior was able to catch the crime of a specialized gang specializing in counterfeiting and selling currency in the area of ​​Mansour west of Baghdad in accordance with a court order were referred to the competent authorities to investigate With them".

"The investigation was carried out according to the information of the Special Inspector General's Office. According to the information, a gang of five people forged the currency and sold it to the market at half the original dollar value. The Inspector General of the Ministry, Muhammad Mahdi Mustafa, And the arrest of the perpetrators of the criminal offense. "

"The Detective Detachment was set up by the Inspector General of Baghdad, Major General Hussein Ali Dana, to ambush the gang and seize them with fraud and sell $ 10,000 to one person for half the original amount. They also seized the substance used to launder the black material, .

She added that "the detachment organized a record of the seizure of materials and false amount, and filed the testimony of the accused, and presented before the eyes of the competent judge, who ordered their arrest pending investigation."

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