Three held with fake currency

Three men were arrested by Detective Branch (DB) of police after fake money worth Tk 25 lakh and the materials to produce them were found in a counterfeit currency factory in the city's Kaderia Housing of Mohammadpur yesterday.
The arrested Mohammad Humyun Kabir, 40, and his employee Abul Khayer, 42, resided on the third floor of House 1 on Road 1 of Kaderia Housing while his accomplice Palash, 35, lived in Mirpur.
The seized materials include several thousand sheets of paper, some partially printed; around 25 wooden frames to produce watermark, hot foil used in printing, toner, glue, two printers and a computer, said DB Assistant Commissioner Moshiur Rahman.
Fake currency worth around Tk one crore could be made with the materials found, he said.