- Fake $50 banknotes joined together on large plastic sheeting seized in Perth
- They were allegedly found by police in a suburban home during unrelated visit
- A man, 36, has been charged with four counts of making counterfeit money
- The 100 fake notes masquerading as $5000 cash were separated into $50 bills
These are the fake banknotes allegedly seized from a suburban house.
Most of the 100 counterfeit Australian $50 notes were still joined together on a large sheet of adhesive plastic and weren’t separated into individual wads of cash like the real, legal currency.
Police from Perth’s southern suburbs allegedly stumbled upon these fake banknotes, masquerading as $5,000 in cash, during a visit on Wednesday for an unrelated matter.
These are the counterfeit $50 banknotes allegedly seized from a Perth house. They were still joined together on a large sheet of adhesive plastic
They also found devices to make counterfeit money, including a combination printer and scanner, plastic adhesive sheeting along with special stencils, dyes, paper and ink.
A 36-year-old man from suburban Thornlie has been charged with making counterfeit money, possessing instruments for counterfeiting, possessing materials used for counterfeiting, and knowingly having counterfeit money.
He appeared in Perth Magistrates Court on Thursday and is due to reappear in court on January 12.
A woman found in the house with him on Wednesday was released without charge.
The fake $50 banknotes weren’t separated like the real legal currency (pictured above)
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