BANGKOK, July 16 — Thai police confiscated more than 13,000 pieces of fake RM50 notes with a face value of between RM650,000 and RM750,000 in Lopburi on Tuesday.
The money was found during a police raid on a former top soldier's house in the province outside Bangkok where authorities also seized weapons.
Police Col Akradej Pimolsri told the media here that police made the seizure following a tip-off that the former soldier was storing weapons in his house.
He said two suspects, aged 36 and 37, were arrested. They claimed they were caretakers of the house sited in a province where several army camps are located.
A Thai policeman said they believed the ringgit notes were printed in Thailand and it was the biggest seizure in years.
"Earlier there was information that fake ringgit notes were being printed in Cambodia. But now we have some information that they could be printed outside Bangkok," he said.
Yesterday, Thai police arrested a 36-year-old carrying fake US currency with a face value of Bt13 million at the Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Centre here.
The man told police that he was a former police informant and was carrying the money for a police sting operation. — Bernama
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