Thais arrested with 7 million dollars in counterfeit notes
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Phnom Penh (dpa) - A military officer was among three Thai men arrested in Cambodia for being in possession of more than 7 million dollars in counterfeit currency, a report said Saturday.
The arrests followed a month-long investigation by authorities in north-western province of Battambang, The Cambodia Daily reported.
The haul was in denominations of 100 dollars, seized after a police officer went undercover as a currency trader.
The report quoted a provincial police official as saying that one of the suspects, 51-year-old Chamrat Vongsa, commands the Thai military's Company 522, stationed along the Thai-Cambodia border.
