NSCDC arrests fake black market dollar operators – See details

The National Security and Civil Defense Corps’ Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad, NSCDC, has arrested two suspects involved in the printing, sale, and distribution of counterfeit US dollar notes.

Ya’u Muhammed, 65, of Bauchi State’s Warji LGA, and Lamido Usman, 29, of Taraba State’s La’y LGA, were arrested.

The syndicate had been operating for about ten years at the Mararaba Under Bridge area, by HEART PLAZA, Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State before their luck ran out.

Olusola Odumosu, Director of Public Relations at the NSCDC, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja. In addition, the suspects have swindled and defrauded many people out of millions of naira while posing as black market operators.

Furthermore, they were allegedly exchanging Nigerian naira for US dollars, issuing counterfeit dollar bills to their unsuspecting victims.

However, the suspects were smoked out of their hideout during a clandestine raid and later arrested using N250,000 in exchange for US dollars.

Fake $15,400, one First Bank ATM card, one screwdriver, and an original $100 dollar note were recovered from the arrested duo who are members of a syndicate.