Police smash fake currency syndicate, nab 23 others for robbery, drug

FCT Police Command has smashed a fake currency syndicate, just as one Idowu Gafar, was arrested in possession of N10, 000 fake currency.
Parading the suspect alongside 23 others at the command headquarters, Abuja, Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Administration, DCP Taboo Ladodo, said the other suspects were arrested over their alleged involvement in car snatching, armed robbery, phone snatching and other crimes.
The Police boss said Gafar confessed that N2 million fake notes were brought into Abuja by the syndicate.
According to him: “On 18 September, 2018 at about 10:00hrs, acting on tip-off Police operatives arrested one Idowu Gafar, 29, at Lugbe for being in possession of fake currencies, and was trying to use same to do point of sale (POS) transfer.
“He was, however, exposed when the POS operator raised the alarm after she realised that the said currencies were fake.
“Upon arrest, 14 pieces of fake one thousand naira notes were recovered him as exhibits.
“Similarly, on September 10, 2018, Police operatives acting on tip-off arrested one Abubakar Adamu at Gwarinpa for being in possession of 37 pieces of fake N1,000 notes.
Parading the other suspects, the DCP said: “Following a reported case of a car snatched at gunpoint on February 12, 2018, at Lugbe, Police operatives from Lugbe Division have arrested members of the notorious car snatching syndicate and recovered the snatched Opel car with reg.
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“Upon discreet investigation, the suspects were tracked down to their hideout at Angulu-Jos in Plateau State where they were arrested on September 17, 2018.” Also paraded were: Adamu Jauro Bello and Sefullah Umar, who were said to have been arrested with 161/2 bags of weed suspected to be Indian hemp at a warehouse in Tudun Wada area of Lugbe.
Two daggers, four bottles of codeine syrup, tramadol tablets, and valium 5 tablets, were reportedly recovered from the suspects, just as the Police boss said all the suspects would be charged to court on completion of investigation.

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