Police today issued a warning to shopkeepers in Southend and Rochford to be on the lookout for forged money.

The move comes after a man presented £120 worth of fake notes to a cashier at Somerfield supermarket, in Ashingdon Road, Rochford.

Police are linking the crime to other incidents of forged money being presented at various shops in Southend.

They issued a description of the suspects. The first man is described as aged in his 20s, around 6ft tall, with short black hair, wearing a black Gap top and black jeans.

His accomplice, who stayed in the car while the man paid with the forged money, is described as unshaven, with cropped ginger hair.

Published Wednesday, March 6, 2002