Police Burst Fake Currency Syndicate, Recover Over N 129 Billion In Kano

By  Suleiman Anyalewechi

The Kano State Police Command has announced the arrest of members of a counterfeit currency syndicate.

At a media parley on Tuesday, December 10, 2024, the Command informed that over N129 billion fake currencies  were  also recovered from the group’s members .

According to the statement by the Command’s Spokesperson, Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, SP, the criminals were apprehended sequel to the availability of actionable intelligence which led to the ultimate arrest of the ring leader, Ahmad Abdullahi, a Borno state indigene, but resident in the Hotoro area of Kano.

The counterfeit currencies recovered include USA dollars, CFA franc and the Naira.

“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, CP 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 .Discreet investigation conducted at the Command’s Criminal Investigation Department CID led to the arrest of the principal suspect Ahmad “m” 30 years old of Kaga LGA Borno state ,but relocated to Hotoro Quarters Kano.

“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 ( N 129, 542 ,823 ,000.00) were recovered with descriptions as follows: Three Million,Three Hundred and Sixty Six Thousand Counterfeit Dollars ( $ 3,366 000.

“Fifty One Million, Nine Hundred and Seventy Thousand Counterfeit Ceca (CFA 51,970,000).

“One million, Four Hundred and Forty Three Thousand Naira (N1, 443 000)”, the Police statement reads.

The Command assured that the suspects will be arraigned as soon as investigations are concluded.