Trincity woman held with counterfeit US$1,000

A 23-year-old woman from Trincity was held on November 21 at the Central Market in Port of Spain, with US$1,000 in counterfeit money.

Officers at the Central Market Police Post were alerted to the counterfeit money after several vendors were paid with it. A description of the suspect was given and police began a surveillance operation, led by Supt Glenn Charles, WPC Insp Savitry Deoraj and Sgt Dwayne John.

Reports say the woman went to the market around 1 pm and when police approached her, she began to run. They followed and arrested her and claimed they found the money in her purse.

She was arrested and investigations are ongoing.

Currently, Trinidad and Tobago is experiencing a growing demand for foreign exchange, which is affecting both small and large businesses and making it difficult to do business, and banks have imposed restrictions on the amount distributed to customers.