Counterfeit $50 bills in circulation, charges laid: Charlottetown police

Police are warning the public and businesses about counterfeit $50 bills that have been circulating in the Charlottetown area.

Officers responded to a complaint from a business on Mount Edward Road reporting that a man had passed a counterfeit $50 bill on Nov. 12, according to a Wednesday news release from police.

Police say they responded to another complaint on Monday of a man and a woman who passed two counterfeit $50 bills at a business on Euston Street.

Police arrested a 35-year-old man from Charlottetown on Tuesday in relation to both occurrences and charged him with:

The man has been released from custody with conditions and will appear in provincial court at a later date.

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