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Police Nab 15 for Minting Fake $10 Million in Katsina

Farouk Mohammed
By Farouk Mohammed
Published: March 10, 2016
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The police in Katsina State have arrested 15 persons for allegedly minting fake dollar notes amounting to $10 million.

The state commissioner of police, Usman Abdullahi, disclosed this in Katsina on Thursday during a news conference on the progress made by the command between the months of January and February.

Mr. Abdullahi explained that the police were able to arrest three car snatchers and recover nine vehicles during the period under review.

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He urged the public to continue to assist the police by exposing the hideout of criminals in order to make the state free of crime.

The commissioner also revealed that 318 suspects were charged to court, while 100 were convicted for cattle rustling between January and February.

Mr. Abdullahi said 3,009 out of the 4,088 animals had been handed over to their owners.

According to him, this was made possible through the efforts of the joint security patrol team under “Operation Sharar Daji”.

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He said two AK 47 rifles, two pistols, some ammunition and other dangerous weapons were recovered from the suspects.

The commissioner said the police were able to block some of the routes through which the rustlers got food and drugs in the forests.

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