Serang, Feb. 6 -- The Banten Regional Police have arrested 14 individuals for their alleged involvement in a counterfeit money syndicate operating across the provinces of Banten and West Java.

"The suspects form a syndicate that has been operating for about one year in West Java and Banten," Grand Commissioner Dian Setyawan, the police's Director of General Criminal Investigation, stated in Serang, Banten, on Thursday.

He noted that a 45-year-old suspect, identified by the initials AM, is a repeat offender, having been incarcerated for marketing and delivering counterfeit bills in 2014. In the latest case, AM is suspected of printing the bills.

"This individual learned how to make the bills from their friend, who is currently serving a...