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05. February 2003 - Wednesday |
Austrians seize 100 000 counterfeit euros from Yugoslavs
VIENNA – Austrian police yesterday seized 100 000 counterfeit euros and arrested three people of Serbian and Montenegrin nationality.
The notes were discovered in a truck from Serbia and Montenegro destined for Vienna during a routine road-check and were said to be of high quality.
Around 700 false banknotes of 100 euro notes and 600 of 50 euro notes were found in a foil wrapper stuffed in babies bottles in the personal luggage of an unnamed citizen of Serbia and Montenegro, aged 38.
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