Two people have been charged in connection with a counterfeit cash investigation in Madoc Township.
Central Hastings OPP responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle on Crookston Road just before 10 a.m. Tuesday and arrested one person after it was confirmed they were wanted on an outstanding warrant.
A subsequent search of the vehicle located a quantity of counterfeit cash, as well as the equipment and materials used to make it, resulting in the arrest of the second person in the vehicle.
OPP officers, along with members of the East Region Community Street Crime Unit, then executed a search warrant at a Cooper Road residence on Wednesday, seizing more counterfeit cash and additional materials and equipment.
The value of the completed and partially completed counterfeit cash is in the thousands of dollars.
Forty-four-year-old Lisa Dudgeon and 40-year-old Ryan Baxter, both from Madoc Township, are charged with making counterfeit money and possessing counterfeit money.
Baxter has also been charged with breach of recognizance.
Both accused have been held in custody for a court appearance in Belleville on Friday.
