Detenidos por distribuir Billetes de 20 Euros
Article extracted from ABC Sevilla on 02-02-09
Agents of the Local Police of Mairena del Alcor have arrested three people for distributing false notes of 20 euros by the commercial establishments of the municipality.
At about 1:00 pm on Tuesday, agents received a phone call informing them that several people had entered an establishment and that after making a purchase they had paid with a fake 20 euros bill, then leaving in a Seat Ibiza red, according to a statement issued by the Local Police of Mairena del Alcor.
Personned the agents in the establishment they verified that the ticket was false and once informed of the physical description as well as of the vehicle registration, proceeded to the location of the presumed authors of the fact.
Shortly after, the vehicle was found parked with the engine running and with two people inside, surprising the agents to a third party that left a store after having made a purchase.
The policemen verified that also in that establishment had paid with a false bill of 20 euros.
The latter was involved in his wallet five fake notes of 20 euros and another of those waiting inside the vehicle is also located in the wallet 35 fake notes of 20 euros. All tickets had the same serial number.
The modus operandi of the detainees was to make purchases of little economic value in shops, paying the purchase with a fake 20 euros bill, which received the change in the form of notes and coins of legal tender. R. R. A, 25 years old, A. B. A., 27 years old and C. M. B., 35 years old, were arrested and brought to justice.
Agents of the Local Police of Mairena del Alcor have arrested three people for distributing false notes of 20 euros by the commercial establishments of the municipality.
At about 1:00 pm on Tuesday, agents received a phone call informing them that several people had entered an establishment and that after making a purchase they had paid with a fake 20 euros bill, then leaving in a Seat Ibiza red, according to a statement issued by the Local Police of Mairena del Alcor.
Personned the agents in the establishment they verified that the ticket was false and once informed of the physical description as well as of the vehicle registration, proceeded to the location of the presumed authors of the fact.
Shortly after, the vehicle was found parked with the engine running and with two people inside, surprising the agents to a third party that left a store after having made a purchase.
The policemen verified that also in that establishment had paid with a false bill of 20 euros.
The latter was involved in his wallet five fake notes of 20 euros and another of those waiting inside the vehicle is also located in the wallet 35 fake notes of 20 euros. All tickets had the same serial number.
The modus operandi of the detainees was to make purchases of little economic value in shops, paying the purchase with a fake 20 euros bill, which received the change in the form of notes and coins of legal tender. R. R. A, 25 years old, A. B. A., 27 years old and C. M. B., 35 years old, were arrested and brought to justice.
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