By Anwar Usman
The Kano State Police Command has apprehended three persons for being in possession of counterfeit currencies amounting to N129,542,826,000.
The Spokesperson of the command, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, revealed this while addressing journalists at a press briefing on Tuesday.
The spokesperson gave the breakdown of the fake currencies as $3,366,000, CFA51,970,000 and N1,443,000.
He added that the two individuals apprehended with the money and the person from who they were stolen had been arrested and are in the police custody, helping with investigation on the actual producers of the counterfeit money.
In the same vein, the command has recovered six live ammunition, three tricycles, eight motorcycles and three parcels of 175 wraps of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp.
The PPRO further revealed that the command recovered 250 pieces of diazapam tablets, 278 sheep and seven cattle.
“These approaches have resulted not only in the apprehension of criminals but also stop potential offenders from engaging in criminal activities.
“Serious cases of kidnapping, armed robbery, thuggery and drug dealings have been surmounted,” he explained.