Man jailed for passing counterfeit banknotes
******************************************** A 42-year-old man was sentenced to 27 and a half months' imprisonment at District Court today (September 13) upon conviction of six counts of passing counterfeit banknotes.
The court heard that the man was identified to be a distributor and utterer of counterfeit HK$100 banknotes by the Police. Investigations revealed that he was responsible for passing the counterfeit HK$100 banknotes on six occasions between December 13, 2003 and May 14, 2004. These included one at a fast food shop and the other five after taking short taxi journeys
In a joint operation among the enforcement agencies in Hong Kong, Macau, Guangdong, Zhuhai and Shenzhen, the man was arrested in Shenzhen for possession of 147 counterfeit HK$100 banknotes on June 27, 2004. After serving his sentence in the Mainland, he was handed over to the Hong Kong Police.
He was subsequently arrested and charged with six counts of passing counterfeit banknotes for the offences he had committed in Hong Kong.
The defendant pleaded guilty to the charges and the sentence was meted out today.
Police Report No. 17
******************************************** A 42-year-old man was sentenced to 27 and a half months' imprisonment at District Court today (September 13) upon conviction of six counts of passing counterfeit banknotes.
The court heard that the man was identified to be a distributor and utterer of counterfeit HK$100 banknotes by the Police. Investigations revealed that he was responsible for passing the counterfeit HK$100 banknotes on six occasions between December 13, 2003 and May 14, 2004. These included one at a fast food shop and the other five after taking short taxi journeys
In a joint operation among the enforcement agencies in Hong Kong, Macau, Guangdong, Zhuhai and Shenzhen, the man was arrested in Shenzhen for possession of 147 counterfeit HK$100 banknotes on June 27, 2004. After serving his sentence in the Mainland, he was handed over to the Hong Kong Police.
He was subsequently arrested and charged with six counts of passing counterfeit banknotes for the offences he had committed in Hong Kong.
The defendant pleaded guilty to the charges and the sentence was meted out today.
Police Report No. 17
Ends/Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Issued at HKT 19:25
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