OSAKA -- Osaka Prefectural Police have seized about 890 fake bank notes from the home of a 30-year-old Osaka truck driver who was arrested earlier this week on suspicion of using counterfeit 1,000 yen bills, police sources said Saturday.
Osaka police said the suspect, Masaru Chikanishi, had 340 fake 1,000 yen notes and 25 fake 5,000 yen notes in his possession when he was arrested by police officers Tuesday morning.
The police said they have also arrested a 24-year-old woman, Naoko Tanaka, who lived in Chikanishi's home, and they are looking for a third suspect, a 35-year-old man named Yuji Furukawa, in connection with the counterfeit case.