{{Portuguese police say they have made the largest ever seizure of fake euro notes, worth more than 380,000 euros (\u00a3331,000).}}<\/p>\n
The 1,901 counterfeit 200-euro banknotes were seized in an operation in the northern city of Oporto, police said in a statement.<\/p>\n
A 46-year-old foreign man was arrested, police added, but neither his identity nor his nationality have been revealed.<\/p>\n
The counterfeit notes were “of exceptional quality”, officials said.<\/p>\n
They are thought to be of a type that has been in circulation for a decade, with specimens turning up mostly in Spain, Italy, Germany, Bulgaria and Portugal.<\/p>\n
This, police said, is the largest batch found so far.<\/p>\n
The BBC’s Alison Roberts in Lisbon says it is the second seizure of counterfeit euros this month in Oporto.<\/p>\n
Police recently dismantled a suspected ring composed of five Portuguese citizens, accused of counterfeiting and passing off 50 and 20-euro notes.<\/p>\n
That operation resulted in the seizure of fake notes worth 30,000 euros.<\/p>\n
Portuguese police said the euro’s growing importance as an international currency had made it an attractive forging target for organised crime in the European Union and beyond.<\/p>\n
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