The Police in Nasarawa State say, they have arrested a seven-member syndicate in Lafia, with N7.8million and 110,000 dollars counterfeit currencies.
The Commissioner of Police, Bola Longe, paraded the suspects, at the Police Command’s Headquarters in Lafia, alongside 61 others, for various criminal offences.
Longe said, two of the suspects were arrested on June 4, when they attempted to pay some money into an account, using Point of Sale, PoS, located around the College of Agriculture in Lafia
According to the Police Commissioner, a student of the Nasarawa State University, Keffi, and one other, went to deposit N50,000 at the POS, when the agent discovered some of the notes to be fake.
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He said that the suspect insisted that she must accept the money, which resulted in an altercation, and she had to seek police intervention
Bola longe said, upon receipt of the information, Police personnel attached to Area Command, Lafia, moved to the scene, and got the suspect arrested.
Longe appealed to members of the public, for continuous collaboration with the police, through useful information, to rid the state of criminal elements.
Editor Paul Akhagbemhe
