The Kano State Police Command on Tuesday said it has recorded a major breakthrough with the arrest of three suspects in possession of N129.5 billion counterfeit currencies.
The Commissioner of Police, CP Salman Garba Dogo disclosed the major crackdown while parading the suspects alongside others arrested in connection with other crimes at the Bompai headquarters.
CP Dogo represented by his Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Haruna said the counterfeit currencies were in different denominations which comprises $3,366,000, CFA51,970,000 and N1,443,000.
According to him, "we arrested 3 suspects and recovered in counterfeit currencies equivalent to a total sum of N129.5 billion as follows $3,366,000, CFA51,970,000 and N1,443,000.
"We had earlier on arrested some suspects in connection with similar activities of counterfeit currencies. We will not condone this," CP Dogo said.
In a separate incident, the Police Commissioner also confirmed that not fewer than two persons lost their lives in connection with a rivalry clash that ensued in Rimi, Kofar Mata and Yakasai after a football match leading to reprisal attacks in the state.
CP Dogo said it has conducted on the spot assessment and deployed it officers and men to the scene to restore normalcy in the areas while investigation is currently ongoing to arrest the suspects responsible for the clash.
Meanwhile, the command said it has arrested a total of 62 suspects for major crimes within a period of two weeks with several recoveries.
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