Policemen in Enugu State have arrested a 24-year-old suspect, Mmaduabuchi Okonkwo, for allegedly possessing and transacting in counterfeit naira notes.
Spokesman of the command, Daniel Ndukwe, who disclosed this in a statement posted on the command’s official X handle on Tuesday said police operatives serving in Abakaliki Road Police Division with the support of law-abiding citizens arrested the 24 year old Mmaduabuchi of Mkpologu, Emene, Enugu, at the Old IMT Bus Stop, Abakaliki Road, Enugu.
A total of ₦40,000 suspected counterfeited one thousand denominated Naira notes were recovered from him after he was accosted by a minibus driver whom he had given some counterfeit notes.

The driver who observed that the currency was fake raised alarm that led to the arrest of the suspect and during interrogation, the suspect confessed to paying N25,000 for counterfeit notes with face value of N50,000.