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£1.2m forgers jailed

* SEIZED: A photo issued by the National Crime Agency of bundles of cash printed by four men who were yesterday jailed at Birmingham Crown Court for conspiracy to produce counterfeit banknotes. The two Karra brothers used their printing firm's Christmas and new year break to churn out £1.2 million worth of fake notes. The trial heard that Amrit Karra, of Broadway North, Walsall; Prem Karra, of Brookhouse Road, Walsall; Kumar, of Clarkes Lane, West Bromwich; and Mahey, of Cranbrook Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, even worked through the night to print fake £10 notes with a face value of at least £1.27m. Amrit Karra (45), Prem Karra (43), Kumar (40) and Mahey (44) used specialist paper, inks and foil to run off the near-perfect forgeries at a print-works in Hockley, Birmingham