KINGSTON, Jamaica — A 45-year-old man was arrested by the Browns Hall police early Thursday after residents raised an alarm that he was purchasing goods and exchanging counterfeit US dollar notes at a number of local shops in the St Catherine community.
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| Blackwood being apprehended by the Browns Hall police after being accused of distributing counterfeit notes |
The man who gave his name as Dwitt Blackwood was arrested after the police allegedly found him with US$550 in counterfeit notes, four fake J$1000 bills and J$13,500 that he had apparently received in exchange for the counterfeit foreign currency he tendered to shop owners. According to a sergeant at the station, the only real foreign currency Blackwood had in his possession was a US$20 bill.
The police also seized goods he had purchased with the counterfeit bills including tins of a popular energy drink, a variety of liquor and a number of phone cards. Corporal Cleveland McCalla, one of officers involved in the capture of the accused, said that Blackwood would be taken to the Spanish Town police station where further investigations would be conducted. Read more:
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