COWLEY COUNTY, Kan. —On Wednesday, Arkansas City, Kansas Police Department officers executed a search warrant at Cowley College's Kirk Dale Dorms, cumulating a month-long counterfeit currency investigation.
Over the past month, officers have been getting reports of a man going to a local business and paying or attempting to pay with what was believed to be counterfeit currency.
Officers talked with employees and witnesses and developed a suspect identified as 20-year-old Lam Gok Kuany of Omaha, Nebraska. He is a sophomore member of the Cowley College basketball team, according to the school athletic department web site.
Arkansas City officers, in cooperation with Cowley College Campus Security, executed a search warrant at Kirk Dale Dorms. Inside the room, they found over $28,000 in different denominations in what is believed to be counterfeit currency. Officers also located suspected illegal substances and items associated with their use.
On Thursday, police took Kuany into custody without incident. He faces requested charges that include five counts of counterfeiting currency, four counts of theft by deception, possession of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia. His Bond is $17,500.