Nigerian tourist arrested for printing currency notes [November 07 2008]

Police have arrested a Nigerian tourist this afternoon for allegedly printing currency notes in a five star hotel in Colombo. Police spokesman SSP Ranjith Gunasekara said that the suspected tourist was arrested in a special raid conducted in the hotel on a tip. Sources said the Nigerian lodging in the five-star hotel had printed the 1000-rupee Sri Lankan notes. The suspect had smuggled the equipment from Nigeria to print he currency notes, sources added.