The Police in Kano State have arrested three suspects with Counterfeit Foreign Currencies equivalent to N100.5 billion Naira. Parading the suspects, the Command Spokesperson, CPS, Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, said the Money which was in Dollars and other Foreign Currencies, included $3,366,000, CFA51,970,000, N1,443,000 and three live ammunition.
The suspects, Muhammad Abdullahi, Muhammad Muktahr, and Nura Ibrahim, confessed to the crime but refused to disclose the source or where the fake currencies were printed. One of the suspects, Nura Ibrahim claimed they got the fake currencies from Lagos, while Muhammad Muktahr insisted he was lured into the crime.
He said the summary of the achievements recorded includes 8 armed robbery suspects, 10 suspected cattle rustlers, 3 suspected kidnappers, 1 suspect for abduction, and suspected drug dealers. Others according to him are four suspected fraudsters and twenty-two suspected thugs, Yan Daba, rescued two kidnap victims and ten human trafficking victims.
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