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3 foreigners detained in Uttara with fake bill-making materials

Staff Correspondent
Just two days after the arrest of three suspected Pakistani militants, Detective Branch of police on Tuesday detained another three foreign nationals and seized a huge amount of materials used in making fake currency in the capital.
The detainees include two women, Sen Karine Natti, 36, and Mekoo Sandio Nathalie Laurel, 21, from Cameroon, and a man, Perez Y Perez Efrain, 37, from Guatemala.
Addressing a press briefing yesterday in the capital's Dhaka Metropolitan Police media centre, DB Joint Commissioner Monirul Islam said they made the arrest after raiding the house on Road 4 in Uttara's Sector 5 on a tipoff.
The items seized from the house include 30 bundles of a special paper used in making US dollars, 100 millilitres of a white chemical and manuals, he said.
Interpol had informed them in October last year that some foreign citizens were making the counterfeits in Bangladesh while preliminary interrogations indicated that they were members of an international gang, he added.
DB was investigating whether they have any links with local gangs, he said.
The three Pakistanis of Myanmar origin are suspected of having links with the banned militant outfit Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan. On December 22, 2013, Rapid Action Battalion arrested 37 Chinese and Taiwanese nationals from Uttara for illegally running Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) business.
On why law enforcers were not being able to stop such criminal activities by foreigners, Monirul said such miscreants, mostly from African nations, often took advantage of Bangladesh's friendly legal and immigration system. "Although law enforcing agencies often make arrests, the foreign criminals often take advantage of friendly provisions in our legal system, get bail and get involved in crimes again.
"Most of the country's laws have provisions ofbail for foreigners," hesaid.
He added that Bangladesh welcomes tourists and many foreigners take advantage of such amiable policy to enter and start illegal businesses.
The immigration authorities should scruti-
nise papers of foreigners well before letting them enter, he added.
In many past cases, detained foreigners either hid or failed to produce their passports, making it difficult for law enforcers to deal with them and communicate with the respective countries.
Yesterday's detainees, who arrived three months ago on tourist visas, had their passports, which the DB seized. If they are acquitted in court, they will be deported as soon as possible through due procedures, added Monirul.