Rwanda National Police (RNP) has arrested two men in Ngoma District in possession of counterfeit money amounting to Frw678, 000.
The duo of Audace Kazoza, 45 and Christopher Sinigenga, 27, was arrested red-handed, in Tonero Village, Mutenderi Cell, Mutenderi Sector.
Chief Inspector of Police (CIP) Hamdun Twizeyimana, the Police spokesperson for the Eastern region, said that the two men were arrested in partnership with and residents.
“Kazoza and Sinigenga tried to defraud a mobile banking agent whom they gave Frw50, 000 worth of counterfeit bills to deposit on their mobile account,” said CIP Twizeyimana.
Fortunate enough, the banking agent noticed few minutes later that all the bills given to him were counterfeit.
“The agent immediately informed people who were around by, the residents in turn called the Police but they also swiftly exercised their community policing rights, followed and apprehended two two men as they were fleeing and handed them over to the Police.
When Police officers checked in the bag two two suspects had, they recovered other bundles of counterfeit money. Frw190, 000 were in the denominations of Frw5,000 and Frw438, 000 in the denominations of Frw2000,” CIP Twizeyimana said.
Upon their arrest, the suspects claimed that they got the fake money from a businessman operating in the City of Kigali whom they had sold minerals.
Kazoza and Sinigenga are not licensed minerals.
“Law enforcement organs are going to work together to follow up on the origin of this big sum of counterfeit money and to arrest anyone involved to face justice,” the spokesperson said.
The suspects were handed over to RIB at Kibungo station for further legal process. (End).