Policemen attached to the Kano State Police Command have arrested no fewer than three persons for possessing counterfeit currencies amounting to. N129,542,826,000:00.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Haruna, confirmed the arrest of the suspects to reporters in Kano on Tuesday.
Kiyawa stated that the counterfeit currencies included the US dollars, CFA and naira as those also stolen from another dealer of the funds.
“Counterfeit currencies equivalent to a total sum of N129,542,823,000 were recovered,” Kiyawa said adding that the fake currencies included $3,366,000, CFA51,970,000 and N1,443,000.
Kiyawa explained that the two suspects were arrested with the money and the other person from whom the money was stolen had been apprehended and are currently in police custody supporting the police with the investigation of the actual producers of the counterfeit money.
Haruna said the command had recovered six live ammunition, three tricycles, eight motorcycles and three parcels of 175 wraps of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp.
Kiyawa added that the command had further recovered 250 pieces of diazepam tablets, 278 sheep and seven cattle as part of recoveries made by its operatives.
“These approaches have resulted not only in the apprehension of criminals but also deterred potential offenders from engaging in criminal activities.
“Major cases of kidnapping, armed robbery, thuggery and drug dealings have been surmounted,” Haruna said.
