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German police caught a 24-year-old man in the northern city of Hamburg with counterfeit cash with a face value of around €17,000 ($18,400). The phony cash discovered in a wardrobe in the man’s flat included banknotes ranging from €10 to €500, Hamburg police said on Monday. The man was reportedly caught when he tried twice to make small purchases with €50 notes in quick succession in a grocery store in the St Pauli district of Hamburg on Saturday evening, presumably in an effort to get legitimate currency as change. A shop detective noticed that the notes were not genuine and called the police….

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