The Kano State Police Command, on Tuesday, arrested three suspects in possession of counterfeit currencies worth N129.5 billion.
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 comprise $3,366,000; CFA51,970,000, and N1,443,000.
He said: “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.
Meanwhile, the command said it had arrested a total of 62 suspects for major crimes within a period of two weeks with several recoveries.