Olayiwola Matthew
Olayiwola Oshunrinade
The Kano State Police Command has arrested three persons for being in possession of counterfeit currencies amounting to N129,542,826,000.
The Command’s Spokesperson, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, revealed this while addressing newsmen at a press briefing on Tuesday.
“Counterfeit currencies equivalent to a total sum of N129,542,823,000:00 were recovered,”
The PPRO gave the breakdown of the fake currencies as $3,366,000, CFA51,970,000 and N1,443,000.
He added that the two individuals arrested with the money and the person from who they were stolen stole had been apprehended and are in police custody, helping with investigation on the actual producers of the counterfeit money.