By Bashir Bello, KANO

The Kano State Police Command, on Tuesday, arrested three suspects in possession of N129.5 billion in counterfeit currencies.

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The Commissioner of Police, Salman Garba Dogo, disclosed the major crackdown while parading the suspects alongside others arrested in connection with other crimes at the Bompai headquarters.

Dogo, represented by his Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Haruna, said the counterfeit currencies were in different denominations.

They comprises $3,366,000; CFA51,970,000, and N1,443,000.

According to him, “we arrested three suspects and recovered in counterfeit currencies equivalent to a total sum of N129.5 billion.

“They were $3,366,000; CFA51,970,000 and N1,443,000.

“We had earlier arrested some suspects in connection with similar activities of counterfeit currencies. We will not condone this,” Dogo said.

Fatal football

In a separate incident, the Police Commissioner also confirmed that no fewer than two persons lost their lives in connection with a rivalry clash that ensued in Rimi, Kofar Mata and Yakasai after a football match leading to reprisal attacks in the state.

Dogo said they conducted on-the-spot assessment and deployed it officers and men to the scene to restore normalcy in the areas

He added that investigation is currently ongoing to arrest the suspects responsible for the clash.

Meanwhile, the command said it had arrested a total of 62 suspects for major crimes within a period of two weeks with several recoveries.

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