Police arrest director charged in sale of 895 gold coins

ADEN, April 29 (Saba) – Aden police have detained director of the
Aden-based National Museum after he sold 895 gold currency coins.

The coins were put at the museum safe and were of those issued in
the Imamate era in north and the British colonization in south and
even used in the beginning years of the two Yemen republics which
united in 1990, the police said.

The director, 53, is accused of selling the rare coins to a trader
in the province for YER 4.5 million.

The police said they had found the transaction documents showing the
official already abused his position.

The director and the trader are now under custody and expected to be
turned over to the competent authorities soon to take legal action
against them.

In unrelated news, the security forces have arrested eight people
trading in Yemeni and Saudi forged banknotes.

The arrests took place in the provinces of Sana'a, Taiz, Maharah and
Ibb.

Four forgers, aged 18-20, were seized at the Shiraton district,
Sana'a, when they wanted to exchange a forged SAR 500 banknote.

Another banknote forger, aged 22, was arrested in the Shahin area,
Mahara having a counterfeit SAR 200 note.

While Ibb police said they had captured a storekeeper with a forged
SAR 500 note which he got from another person.

The police arrested the second involved forger.

The eighth forger was apprehended at the Al-Qahira district, Taiz,
having forged YER 6000 in 500 banknotes.

The arrested were turned over to the relevant authorities for
investigation.