YEMEN Press Agency

Police seize amount of illegal currency in Taiz

TAIZ, Nov. 07 (YPA) – Security forces in Taiz province seized 3, 623,400 riyals of illegal and fake currency printed by the US-Saudi aggression coalition for the purpose of harming the national economy.

The province’s security units  in the province said it seized 3,464,000 riyals of illegal currency and 577,000 riyals of fake currency in the category of 1,000 riyals encoding the letter “D”.

They also seized 705,500 riyals off the national currency that violates a circular issued by the Central Bank of Yemen for travelers not to carry more than 100,000 riyals.

The seized funds were referred to the competent authorities.

E.M