site.btaFour Detained in Operation against Counterfeit Money, Banknotes Worth Some EUR 1 Mln Seized

Two Bulgarian and two Romanian citizens were arrested during an operation by the Counterfeiting Division of the General Directorate for Combating Organized Crime (GDCOC), Interior Ministry Secretary General Georgi Kandev said in a Facebook post on Monday. The four were detained during a transaction involving counterfeit money in Sofia around 6:00 p.m. on Monday. 

The seized banknotes are worth approximately EUR 1 million, the GDCOC told BTA. The operation is taking place at several locations in the capital. 

Searches of two vehicles and personal searches uncovered a large quantity of counterfeit 100 euro banknotes, the Secretary General added.