Police are holding two men who were found in possession of fake currencies totaling Sh750 million. “The fake money recovered was in US Dollars of 100 bills amounting to 6,820,000 US Dollars, fake Euros 100 bills totaling to 490,000 Euros and fake Kenya shillings note of 1000 denomination totaling Sh6.4 million,” police said in a statement. In 2019, detectives mounted several operations in Kilimani area where suspects, majority being foreigners, were arrested with fake currencies. In May 2019, nine people, including seven foreign nationals from DR Congo, Rwanda and Uganda, were arrested and millions in fake US Dollars recovered. The cash was found in a client’s safe deposit box by a team of officers from the DCI Flying Squad and the five suspects arrested and charged in court.

Source: Daily Nation April 28, 2021 09:20 UTC