Cape Breton man charged after $80,000 in counterfeit currency seized

The RCMP in Cape Breton has charged a Glace Bay, N.S., man with multiple counterfeiting, firearm and drug offences following a nine-month investigation into the possession and imports of counterfeit Canadian currency.

The investigation began in January after the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) intercepted more than $30,000 in fake Canadian bank notes. CBSA also seized holographic security stickers, which were bound for an address in Glace Bay. CBSA reported the seizures to police.

The RCMP executed a search warrant at a Glace Bay residence on Feb. 11. Officers seized more than $80,000 in counterfeit money, electronic devices, a firearm, unlabelled prescription pills and other items.

Charles Manning, 50, was charged on Sept. 19 with the following:

• possession of counterfeit money
• making counterfeit money
• importing counterfeit money
• buying instruments of counterfeiting
• possession of instruments of counterfeiting
• unsafe storage of a firearm
• unauthorized possession of a firearm
• possession of a firearm knowing its possession is unauthorized
• three counts of possession of a controlled substance for the purposes of trafficking

Lee is scheduled to appear in Sydney provincial court on Wednesday.

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