A couple of Oak Harbor juveniles accused of printing over $86,000 of counterfeit bills in a sophisticated computerized printing operation were arrested Thursday after trying to pass off a fake $100 bill.

Sgt. Jerry Baker with the Oak Harbor Police Department said a 17-year-old Oak Harbor boy was caught at the Office Max in Burlington after he tried to spend a counterfeit $100.

The boy’s alleged partner in crime, a 16-year-old Oak Harbor boy, was arrested as he cruised the parking lot of the store, waiting for his friend.

Baker said the boys also passed off counterfeit $100 bills at the Office Max in Oak Harbor and at the Island County landfill.

After the arrest, Baker said investigators served a search warrant at the 16-year-old boy’s Hoffman Road home and recovered a counterfeit printing operation, including a computer, printers and cutting boards. They found $86,000 in bogus $20 and $100 bills.

The counterfeit money “was really quite good stuff,” Baker said. He said they used high-quality ink, which was what the boys were trying to buy at the Office Max store.

Baker said the younger boy’s mother showed up while the officers were searching the home, but she apparently “didn’t have a clue” about what the kids were up to.

Both boys were booked on counterfeit and theft charges, then released on their own recognizance.