The Spanish police and Civil Guard dismantled a network of counterfeiters considered the largest in the country and intervened more than 1.5 million euros in counterfeit bills, said Wednesday the Ministry of Interior.
Agents of the Civil Guard and police arrested the main suspect in the previous week, a Spanish, in the region of Murcia (southeast), the statement said.
In 2005 had been arrested for another crime of counterfeiting and justice sought him to serve his sentence in prison dictated by a regional court in Murcia, the ministry said.
were also arrested two Spanish and four Moroccans, aged 21 to 60 years.
It is “the largest network of counterfeiting hitherto known in Spain and one of the most important in Europe, the quality of it,” said the ministry.
During the operation, officers intervened 1.5 million in counterfeit notes of 100, 50, 20 and 10 euros, 23,000 euros in legal currency, dollars and 70,000 euros in 2950 counterfeits still be cut.
also requisitioned abundant material and printing machinery, such as plates for making euro notes and dollars.
A significant increase in the number of counterfeit banknotes in circulation in the region of Murcia last March put the police on the trail of this network, explains the ministry.
The officers followed the route of tickets to the group leader, who dressed cyclist to find another member of the organization and deliver counterfeit currency.
The tickets were distributed in Spain and in almost all countries of the European Union, the statement said.
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