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Police in the southern Israeli city of Netivot uncovered a large sum of counterfeit bills, on a balcony that is used to print the bills.

Three persons who were in the apartment at the time of the search were taken into custody.

Detectives raided the apartment on Tuesday 13 Tammuz, taking three men in their 20s into custody. They recovered 180 NIS 200 bills and two NIS 50 bills,

The following Bank of Israel video in Hebrew explains the security measures taken to prevent counterfeiting bank notes.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)