{"id":4696,"date":"2010-05-19T14:14:36","date_gmt":"2010-05-19T14:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2010\/05\/19\/police-hunt-gamblers-using-stolen-money\/"},"modified":"2016-01-07T12:39:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T12:39:00","slug":"police-hunt-gamblers-using-stolen-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2010\/05\/19\/police-hunt-gamblers-using-stolen-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Police hunt gamblers using stolen money"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<h3>CCTV released by detectives<\/h3>\n<div><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"right\" width=\"180\" height=\"268\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/CCTVcasino_180x232.jpg\"\/>TWO men\u00a0who\u00a0used stolen bank notes in a Birmingham casino\u00a0could help police\u00a0solve a major robbery.<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>These\u00a0CCTV images, taken\u00a0at\u00a0the casino in the Star City complex, show\u00a0two\u00a0men inserting the notes into a slot machine.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Staff became suspicious and called the police when they saw the notes &#8211; stained with red dye &#8211; as they cashed-up at the end of the night.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Police said an initial examination of the notes by officers, suggested that the\u00a0dye is a special anti-theft\u00a0ink used by banks when transporting cash.\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>During a raid, dye is released to stain the notes and render them worthless in over-the-counter transactions.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>A total of\u00a0\u00a3345\u00a0was recovered and officers believe the men may hold vital information surrounding the robbery. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>PC Frances Le Fevre, from Nechells police station, said: \u201cThere is no suggestion at this stage that the men we wish to speak to were involved in a robbery.\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>\u201cBut they will be able to tell\u00a0us how they obtained the notes which may\u00a0in turn help us solve a serious crime.\u201d <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Police said the slot machines used were in an area of the casino which is open to the public and the men are not believed to be members.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>The notes, seized after the February incident, are\u00a0currently undergoing specialist forensic examination.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Anyone who can identify the men are urged to contact their local police station or call the national charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CCTV released by detectives TWO men\u00a0who\u00a0used stolen bank notes in a Birmingham casino\u00a0could help police\u00a0solve a major robbery. &#13; These\u00a0CCTV images, taken\u00a0at\u00a0the casino in the Star City complex, show\u00a0two\u00a0men inserting the notes into a slot machine. &#13; Staff became suspicious and called the police when they saw the notes &#8211; stained with red dye &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}