Turkey on counterfeit cash and drug charges after he gave a taxi driver a dodgy £20 note.David Thompson was marched into court in handcuffs in front of his wife and children after a fake English £20 note paid to a taxi driver led police to a £3540 haul.Marmaris police released footage of their search at a five-star hotel in the Sitelar district and images of the stash of £20 notes, which were found behind a painting.Cannabis is also alleged to have been found in Thompson’s hotel room.Turkish media reported the “Scottish tourist” had admitted to buying the counterfeit cash for £800 back home in Scotland.Thompson, from Carluke, Lanarkshire, is a regular visitor to Marmaris.He flew from Edinburgh to Dalaman on September 26 with wife Angela,.
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