Counterfeit bills found in Kensington

Ryan Quigley

Journal Pioneer

Kensington Police confiscated two $100 bills from Kensington area businesses this morning.

The counterfeit currency has the identifiable characteristics of the serial number BKL5515912 and the silver vertical strips had been cut from $10 bills and glued onto the $100.

The person who handed in the bills was taken in for questioning but Police were satisfied he did not know the bills were counterfeit at the time and didn’t produce them.

Kensington Police chief Lewie Sutherland said he expects there to be more than just the two bills in circulation.

“I expect there’s more than two but I would say sometimes it takes a while for these to show up depending where they came from.”

Sutherland said the best thing store owners can do is make their employees aware the bills are circulating and to be attentive.

“It’s obvious if you took two seconds to look at this bill it’s got a $10 stripe on it not a $100 stripe,” he said. “Although on first glance it looks good, when you look at it a second time it doesn’t.”

He said the investigation is ongoing and urges any stores to call their local police department with counterfeit bills.