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Taxi driver takes customer who paid with fake cash to police
A Nottingham taxi driver took a customer to a police station after being handed counterfeit money.
The driver picked the man up on Nottingham Road at 23:30 BST on Tuesday.
The customer gave the driver a fake £20 note and further counterfeit notes after the driver asked how he would pay.
Police said officers searched an address linked to the man and found a knife under a mattress.
They also seized a cannabis cultivation kit, but found no more counterfeit cash.
A 23-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of using counterfeit currency and possessing an offensive weapon in a private place.
A taxi driver took a customer who paid with counterfeit cash straight to a police station in Nottingham.
The driver picked up the customer from Nottingham Road at 23:30 BST on Tuesday.
After the customer changed his route, the driver asked how he would pay and was handed a counterfeit £20 note.
The driver questioned the customer and received further fake notes before taking him to Radford Road police station.
A 23-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of using counterfeit currency and possessing an offensive weapon in a private place.
- Who
- A taxi driver and a 23-year-old man.
- What
- The driver took the man to a police station after receiving counterfeit notes as payment.
- When
- Tuesday at 23:30 BST; the date was not stated.
- Where
- The driver picked the man up from Nottingham Road in Nottingham and took him to Radford Road police station.
- Why
- The driver took him to the station after receiving counterfeit notes. The man's reason for using them was not stated.
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The taxi driver picked up the customer from Nottingham Road.
The driver asked how he would pay and received a counterfeit £20 note.
The driver received further fake notes and took him to Radford Road police station.
Police searched an address and found a knife and a cannabis cultivation kit.
- Counterfeit note
- £20
- Pickup location
- Nottingham Road
- Police station
- Radford Road police station
- Arrested man
- 23 years old
- Items found at address
- A "Rambo knife" under a mattress and a cannabis cultivation kit