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Three arrested at Dodowa for printing
new currency
Tema, July 31, GNA - Nana Yaw, a 28-year-old, phone dealer,
arrested at Ashaiman near Tema for possessing fake Ghana
Cedis has led the Police to arrest two of his accomplices at
Dodowa in the Dangme West District.
The two are Nana Kofi Twum, a 20-year-old graphic designer
and operator of 'Rock Help' Communication Centre at Dodowa
and Samuel Zanu, 25.
They have been placed in custody pending investigations and
prosecution.
Briefing the media in Tema on Monday, the Deputy Tema
Regional Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police
(ACP) Ransford Ninson, said the Police received information
about the circulation of counterfeit notes of the new
currency in Ashaiman Township.
He said police officers, dressed in mufti, after
investigations, offered genuine currency to Nana Yaw in
exchange for double the amount of the counterfeit notes.
ACP Ninson stated that a thorough check of the fake money,
which were in one, five and ten denominations, revealed that
they all had one serial number, LA5789356 with no hidden
water mark of Tetteh Quarshie and the cocoa pod.
He said apart from that, they had all the other security
features of the new currency that made it difficult to
differentiate the genuine from the fake ones.
He said, Nana Yaw told the Police that the counterfeit notes
were being printed at a communication centre at Dodowa and
led personnel of the Service to arrest Twum and Zanu.
The Deputy Tema Regional Commander said a computer, printer
and other equipment as well as 44 notes of GH¢5, three GH¢ 1
and a GH¢ 10 were retrieved.
He advised the public to always check the serial numbers and
other security features of the new currency notes they
handled.
Twum told the media that one Agbakor approached him a
fortnight ago with a pen drive and asked him to print some
of the currency for him to be used for public education on
the differences between genuine and fake notes.
The suspect said he became interested and stated that they
had already printed and put in circulation over GH¢ 500
(five million cedis).
GNA
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