Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb.22 / Trend , K. Zarbaliyeva /
Azerbaijani police has rendered harmless organized group engaged in manufacturing counterfeit money in Baku.
As a result of a search undertaken by members of the Head Department for Combating Organized Crime (HDCOC) near the Ganjlik station, Lokbatan residents Azer Abdullayev, Vusal Salmanov, and Shamakhi residents Vugar Yolchuyev and previously convicted Intizam Isayev, were detained while trying to sell 500 one-hundred counterfeit notes for 20,000 manats, the Interior Ministry reported.
During inspection of Tofash's car, a 20-manat counterfeit note and a knife were found.
Special equipment, paints for making counterfeit money and other substantial evidence has been found and seized during a search of Isayev's house in Shamakhi.
HDCOC has filed a criminal case and investigation is underway.