A 7-member syndicate in Lafia with N7.8million and 110,000 dollars counterfeit currencies have been arrested by Nasarawa State Police Command.
The state Commissioner of Police, Bola Longe, disclosed this when he paraded the suspects on Friday at the Police Command Headquarters in Lafia.
Longe said a student of the Nasarawa State University, Keffi, and one other person were arrested when they deposited fake N50,000 at the POS.
He said the suspect insisted that she must accept the money which resulted in an altercation and she had to seek police intervention.
“Upon receipt of the Information, police personnel attached to Area Command, Lafia moved immediately to the scene and got the suspect arrested,” he said.
Longe said further investigation led to the arrest of five more suspects and N7.8 million counterfeit currency in 1,000 denomination, and 110,000 dollars counterfeit notes in 100 dollars bills were recovered as exhibits.
He said that the fake currencies recovered had been taken to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as investigation continued on the matter.
The Police Commissioner said the suspects will be prosecuted as soon as investigation is concluded.
