(TOWNSHIP OF GEORGIAN BLUFFS, ON AND SOUTH BRUCE PENINSULA, ON) – Grey County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Bruce Peninsula Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), with the assistance of the Grey County Crime Unit, are investigating several incidents of counterfeit American currency having been used in the Grey and South Bruce Peninsula area.
On July 26, 2016 the owner of Springmount Esso Gas Bar on Hwy. 6 in the Township of Georgian Bluffs reported that earlier in the day, two unknown males had purchased some small items from the store using American $20 and $50 bills. The bills, bearing serial numbers MB00494845C and MB00494846C, turned out to be counterfeit.
The two male suspects were described as non-white, both having short black beards. One male was wearing a white t-shirt with a Native American Headdress picture on it, white shorts, brown sandals and a white fedora style hat with a black band. They were last seen leaving in a new, black Jeep vehicle heading northbound on Hwy. 6 towards Wiarton.
Bruce Peninsula OPP received similar reports of counterfeit U.S. $20 and $50 bills being used at several businesses in Hepworth and Sauble Beach.
Bruce Peninsula OPP located the suspect vehicle, a 2016 Jeep Wrangler, on the main street in Sauble Beach. The vehicle, which was unoccupied and found to be a rental car from Toronto, was seized.
Police continue to investigate these crimes and ask anyone with information which may assist to call the OPP at 1-888-310-1122.
Should you wish to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or submit a secure web-tip at www.crimstoppersgb.ca, where you may be eligible to receive a cash reward of up to $2,000.