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Police arrests student, two others for
possessing fake cedis
Sekondi, July 27, Ghanadot/GNA- The Police have arrested a
student of Takoradi polytechnic and two others for allegedly
possessing fake GH( 5 notes.
They are Francis De Graft Amoah, 28, and a final year Higher
National Diploma (HND) student in Furniture and Design, Eric
Owusu Ansah, 23, construction labourer and Joe Ansah, 28,
footballer.
Mr Kofi Duku Arthur, Western Regional Police Commander,
announced at a press conference before parading the suspects
at Sekondi on Friday.
He said at about 0820 hours on July 22 this year, a group of
market women at the Takoradi Central Market arrested Amoah
when he used a fake GHC5 note to buy 30 Gp worth of onions
from a small boy at the market.
Mr Arthur said the small boy gave the note to a woman at the
market to change it into smaller denominations to enable him
to give the suspect his change, but she realised that the
money was fake.
He said the women immediately arrested the suspect and after
a search more notes were found on him.
Mr Arthur said Police investigations revealed that Amoah was
a friend to Ansah who was also a friend to Mensah and were
members of the Great Site Ministry Church in Accra.
He said on July 20 this year, Ansah visited Amoah in
Takoradi and told him Mensah had informed him that he knew
somebody who could double any amount of the old currency for
the new notes (GHC).
Mr Arthur said Amoah developed interest in the deal and on
July 21 left for Accra with GHC500 (five million cedis) to
be doubled.
He said Amoah and Ansah met at the mission house of the
Great Site Ministry at Fadama in Accra and later met one
Alhaji Baba at Accra New Town.
He said the Alhaji took the GHC500 from them and gave him
fake 300 pieces of fake GHC5 valued at 10 million cedis in
the old currency.
Mr Arthur said Amoah brought the fake notes to Takoradi and
went to the central market with GH( 53 fake notes to
purchase some items and was arrested with the notes and
handed over to the Police.
He said when information reached Ansah that Amoah had been
arrested, he quickly went to their room at Effiakuma New
Site near Takoradi and bolted with the rest of the fake
notes.
Mr Arthur said on July 23, Amoah led the Police to Accra and
Ansah was arrested and GHC125 was retrieved from him.
When Ansah's room was searched a total of GHC178 was also
retrieved.
He said Ansah alleged that he had already used GHC12 of the
fake currency on transport and food.
Mr Arthur said all three suspects have appeared before a
Sekondi District Magistrate's court and have been remanded
into Police custody to re-appear on August 6 this year
pending further investigations
He said the GHC178 fake currency notes would be forwarded to
the Bank of Bank for examination and a search for those
responsible for printing the fake currency has been
intensified.
Mr Arthur appealed to the public to be on the look out for
fake currencies in the system and inform the Police.
GNA
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