2 held for fake bills
QUEZON PROVINCE—Two suspected members of a money counterfeit syndicate were nabbed in Atimonan, Quezon, on Monday, police said.
P02 Oliver Andrey, Atimonan police investigator, said Melanie Mendoza and Danilo Bacanto Jr., both Antipolo City residents, were arrested on Monday evening after trying to dupe a store owner by paying fake P1,000 bills for her purchases.
Mendoza was arrested by barangay officials who were alerted by the store owner, said Andrey.
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Police arrested Bacanto while paying for assorted commodities with another bogus P1,000 bill. Bacanto yielded 42 pieces of counterfeit bills.
The two suspects are now detained at the Atimonan police jail. Delfin T. Mallari Jr., Inquirer Southern Luzon
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