THE POLICE in ‘B’ Division have arrested a man in connection with a quantity of faked local currency and a counterfeit machine.Twenty-year-old Nyron Khan was arrested when police swooped down on his home at Number 71 Village, Corentyne , where they found the fake-money printing machine, a computer and a sum of counterfeit cash.
According to a police source, the arrest was made after numerous complaints were made by the business community about faked currency circulating in the Upper Corentyne area and an investigation was launched.

Good detective work led them to the home of the suspect at Lot 97 in 71 Village where the discovery was made.
The police source said when they arrived at the home of the suspect, Khan, upon seeing them, rushed inside the house and tried to get rid of the counterfeit bills by crushing the blank pieces of paper and throwing them in a bin. However he was arrested. A search unearthed a modified printer that is suspected to be used to print the notes and a laptop that was attached to it. They also found pieces of blank paper cut to currency size in the printer.

Speaking with the Guyana Chronicle, a businessman located in Number 78 Village, Corriverton, said about a week ago after checking his day’s sales he came across two one thousand dollar bills that were counterfeit. He said he pointed it out to his staff and asked them to be on the lookout, but he never made a report to the police.  He said he is happy to know that the police had arrested someone in connection with the matter and hoped that they put him away for a long time.
The police are of the view that the suspect in custody is the mastermind behind the recent surge in the circulation of faked notes and are expected to lay charges and place him before the courts soon.