Police warn traders and customers to be mindful when receiving notes
Local Police have issued a warning after discovering a series of counterfeit £20 notes in circulation across the borough.
A spokesman for Hounslow Police said, "Please be mindful when you are receiving a £20 note that it is not a forgery.
"They are very good and look like the real notes with one exception, this is that there is no watermark of the Queens Head on the left hand side of the note in the white strip.
"If you hold it up to the light, a good note will clearly show this and a bad one will be blank."
Anyone who comes across counterfeit notes should contact Hounslow CID in confidence on 0208 247 6160/5940 or Crime Stoppers on 0800 5551111.
May 15, 2009