Fake currency syndicate busted in Lucky Summer, Nairobi, fake dollar notes seized
Detectives attached to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have busted a fake currency syndicate operating in Nairobi and fake notes resembling US Dollars seized.
Acting on solid intelligence, officers from Lucky Summer Police Station intercepted a white Toyota Prado, registration number KDQ 401U, suspected to be transporting counterfeit foreign currency.
Upon search, the driver identified as 38 years old Felix Nyegesa refused to open a metallic box prompting the officers to impound the vehicle to the station for further investigations and search.
“A search of the prado raised more red flags. Hidden in the boot was a locked metallic blue box. When asked to open it, Nyegesa played hardball, flatly refusing to cooperate. Unwilling to let sleeping dogs lie, the officers ordered him to drive straight to the police station for further grilling. At the station, the mystery box finally gave up its secrets. Inside were sixty-eight bundles, each packed with 100 counterfeit US dollar notes. Also recovered inside the box were cartons, newspapers, cotton wool, sand and stones,” The DCI office headed by DCI Director Mohamed Amin said.
The fake notes had been concealed inside a locked metallic blue box hidden in the boot.
The sleuths have widened the scope of their investigations after leads pointed to a wider and well-organised and potentially high-value counterfeiting syndicate within and beyond Nairobi.
Nyegesa is currently being held in police custody as detectives intensify investigations to establish the full scope of the counterfeit syndicate, including possible accomplices and distribution channels within and beyond Nairobi. He is expected to be arraigned in court upon completion of processing.
He is being held in custody awaiting his arraignment.
