Police in Nyamasheke District has detained two people in connection with trading fake currency.
Thomas Mukeshimana, 38 and Celestin Mulinda were arrested on September 26 after the former was found with fake notes of 65,000Rwf of which Rwf 5000 he was trying to use to buy airtime.
Mukeshimana later implicated Mulinda as the one who gave him the fake notes.
The duo is currently detained at Kanjongo Police Station.
He told police that his co-accused had already given him Rwf150, 000, all fake, which he had already circulated by the time of his arrest.
“Mulinda had promised to give me Rwf400, 000, all fake, to trade it, but he had already given me Rwf150, 000 and intended to give me the remaining very soon,” Mukeshimana said.
Mukeshimana, who deals in mines, also said he had paid some of his employees with the fake currency.
Supt Urbain Mwiseneza, the police Spokesperson for the Western Region, said police is tracking down all those involved in such criminal acts and warned that anyone caught will be dealt with accordingly.
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