Three alleged fraudsters have been arrested by the police for circulating fake naira notes in Katsina state.
The Public Relations Officer of the State Police Command, SP. Gambo Isah, who disclosed this in a statement identified the three suspects as; Anas Lawal, Abdulaziz Wada and Tasi’u Umar.
SP. Gambo said luck ran out on the suspects when Anas Lawal who had in his possession bundles of fake Naira notes to the tune of six hundred thousand Naira was arrested by a police team on patrol, along Funtua – Katsina Road.
The Police PRO revealed that the suspects in the course of the investigation confessed to have received fake notes to the tune of one million Naira from one Usman Gombe, who is currently at large.
The suspect further revealed that he sold a bundle of the fake currency to one Tasi’u Nura, at the cost of twenty thousand Naira.
He said efforts are ongoing to bring to book other accomplices involved in the fraud.