Large-scale counterfeiting of Japanese military notes, used by Japanese soldiers in making purchases from certain shops and canteens, was revealed here yesterday afternoon with the arrest, by the Settlement Police, of three Chinese at an exchange shop in Tientsin Road. The arrests were made at the request of the Japanese Military Police who had been investigating the circulation of the bogus notes.
A quantity of the counterfeit money was confiscated by the raiders yesterday and taken to Shanghai Municipal Police Headquarters. The raid was carried out by detectives attached to the Crime Branch Headquarters of the SMP.
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