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Fake note factory busted in Dhaka, 2 held

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members recover a huge amount of fake currencies and note manufacturing equipment after conducting a drive at a flat of 7/A in Dhanmondi of Dhaka on Friday, January 10, 2020. Photo: Prabir Das/Star

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members today claimed to have busted a factory of manufacturing fake currency in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi area.

Acting on a tip-off, a team of Rab-10 conducted a drive at a flat of a building in Dhanmondi in the morning and unearthed the factory, Major Shahriar Ziaur Rahman, second-in-command of Rab-10, told The Daily Star.

Photo: Prabir Das/Star

The Rab team also detained two persons from the spot, he said.

According to the Rab, the detainees have been manufacturing the fake currency four five years.   

Photo: Prabir Das/Star

The elite force recovered over Tk 1 crore of fake currencies and note manufacturing equipment from the factory, Rab said.

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