Police nab three suspects with N129bn fake currencies in Kano

The Kano State Police Command on Tuesday, arrested three persons for being in possession of counterfeit currencies amounting to N129bn.

The command’s spokesman, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, who confirmed the arrest to newsmen in Kano on Tuesday, gave a breakdown of the money to include, US Dollars, CFA and Naira, among currencies also stolen from another dealer of foreign currencies.

“Counterfeit currencies equivalent to a total sum of N129bn were recovered,” Kiyawa said.

The PPRO gave a breakdown of the fake currencies as $3,366,000, CFA51,970,000 and N1,443,000.

Furthermore, Kiyawa disclosed that the two persons arrested with the fake money and the individual from whom they were stolen have been apprehended and are currently in police custody, helping with the investigation of the actual producers of the counterfeit money.

Similarly, the command recovered six live ammunition, three tricycles, eight motorcycles and three parcels of 175 wraps of dried leaves, suspected to be Indian Hemp.

He also revealed that the command has 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 deters potential offenders from engaging in criminal activities.

“Major cases of kidnapping, armed robbery, thuggery and drug dealings have been surmounted,” the PPRO stated.