Police operatives serving in Awkunanaw Division of the Enugu State Command, have arrested a 37-year-old man, one Chukwuebuka Igwebuike for possessing and transacting in fake naira notes.
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The operatives who arrested the suspect, while acting on a tip off, on 19/12/2023 at about 6 p.m., at Afor Market, Garki Awkunanaw, Enugu, recovered from him, counterfeit Naira notes worth N362,000.00.
According to the spokesman of the Enugu State Police Command, preliminary investigation proved that the suspect confessed to the crime.He stated that the suspect used the fake one thousand Naira notes to buy items of small prices and got balance for genuine smaller denominations.
He disclosed that the suspect shall be arraigned in court and prosecuted accordingly once ongoing investigations are concluded.
Consequently, the Commissioner of Police, Kanayo Uzuegbu, urged citizens of the state and the public to be vigilant and wary of whom they receive and exchange all the denominations of mint Naira with, especially this Yuletide.
He therefore encouraged the citizenry to quickly report anyone in possession of, or transacting in counterfeit Nigerian Naira notes to the nearest police station
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