Kano Police Seize Counterfeit Currencies Worth Over N129 Billion in Major Bust

Kano State Police Command has Intercepted counterfeit Currencies equivalent to a total sum of One Hundred and Twenty-nine Billion, Five Hundred and Forty-two Million, Eight Hundred and Twenty-three Thousand Naira (N129,542,823,000).

In a press conference at the Command’s headquarters in Kano Tuesday, the police spokesman DSP Haruna Kiyawa said the Police has also recovered three Million Three Hundred and Sixty-six Thousand Counterfeit Dollars ($3,366,000).

He said during the raid in Kano, the police detectives, recovered another foreign currency, the sum of Fifty-one Million Nine Hundred and Seventy Thousand Counterfeit Cefa (CFA51,970,000) and one Million Four Hundred and Forty-three Thousand Naira (N1,443,000) respectively.

“Following credible information received from a good Samaritan on the activities of a notorious fraudster around Gwale LGA, Kano State, one Ahmad Abdullahi, ‘m’, 30 years old of Kaga LGA, Borno State.

The Commissioner of Police, Kano State Command, CP Salman Dogo Garba directed the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Gwale Division Kano, SP Abdurrahim Adamu to lead a team of detectives and ensure the arrest of the suspect. On 1st December, 2024.

“The team succeeded in arresting one Nura Ibrahim, ‘m’, 26 years old, of Sharada Quarters, Kano. Further investigation led to the arrest of another suspect, Mohammed Muktar, ‘m’, 35 years old of Hotoro Quarters Kano. Discreet investigation conducted at the Command’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) led to the arrest of the principal suspect, Ahmad Abdullahi, ‘m’, 30 years old, of Kaga LGA, Borno State.”

“During the course of the investigation, counterfeit currencies equivalent to a total sum of One Hundred and Twenty-nine Billion, Five Hundred and Forty-two Million, Eight Hundred and Twenty-three Thousand Naira (N129,542,823,000) were recovered” Kiyawa state.

Ahmad Sorondinki

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