A new method of doubling cash notes by a gang of crooks from Cameroon country by soaking the notes in a basin of soap water caught as a bogus business:
Cameroon National crook was caught when he was entangled in a barbed wire fence at Maharagama Temple road.A gang of Cameroon Nationals who had visited Sri Lanka as reputed businessmen were nabbed when a businessman had telephoned the Police, the day before yesterday. They have a method doubling physical cash by immersing cash notes in a basin containing soap water.
They have lived at a house along Temple Road, Maharagama had pretended to be millionaire businessman from ‘Cameroon’. They are well built and dark in colour. They have tried to develop business contacts with several businessmen in Sri Lanka, particularly the Car Sales Owners. They have made attempts to meet them via appointments and even have had meetings at 5 star hotels to discuss the deals of doubling the money they have invested.
They had told the wealthy businessmen that they could commence joint business ventures if they were willing to invest a minimum of Rs 1 million. They had made these prospective businessmen by trying to impress them by talking very shrewdly. They had developed business relationships by constantly speaking to them over the phone.
For this business venture a Car Sales Dealer had agreed the day before yesterday. The businessman had not known how they make the investment double. The person was requested to visit them at a residence located at Temple Road, Maharagama. He had come with Rs 30 lakhs only and told that it is the amount he could invest as the maximum amount. The amount they had wanted to invest was Rs 1 Million the minimum.
When he visited the Cameroon National, a well built dark person had taken him to the sitting room and had requested him for the money. The cash amounting to Rs 30 lakhs was handed over to him. The Cameroon national immersed the cash into a basin of water containing soap. Then he told the car Sales businessmen to continue the operation for the money to be doubled he needed hot water and requested him to go to the kitchen and bring some hot water. When he was coming with the hot water the Cameroon National was seen pulling out of some currency note from inside his shirt to place inside the basin of water and had churned the water The businessman had come to know something ‘fishy’ was going on and was excited and upset, had told” you are crook. I saw what you did”. The Cameroon National had run away with some cash jumpingover 6 feet walls and through the premises of other houses. The businessman had telephoned the Police, who had arrived at the scene and when the Cameroon crook was searched he was found in a house in the vicinity entangled in barbed wire fence and was caught by the Police. The locality was of course not familiar to the Cameroon National.
The Police had searched the house. They have found some bogus currency notes, some chemicals, Rs 12 lakhs cash, stocks of blank paper and travelling bags. When the Police questioned him he had told about his colleague crook that was at Kollupitya and had arrested both.
The Police is conducting further investigations
(Cull From GL)
