A Trader Arrested For Possessing Counterfeit Dollars And Pounds
A Trader Arrested For Possessing Counterfeit Dollars And Pounds File copy According to reports by Punch, a 30-year old trader, Eunice Okpani, has been arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for being in possession of counterfeit $115,000 and £460. The accused, whose residential address was given as 7 Benji Phase 2, Ilese, Ogun State, is being charged for spending fake money valued at N42m.The police prosecutor, Inspector Akeem Raji, told the court that the accused committed the offence on November 13, 2108, around 10.40am at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. Raji said the accused was intercepted at the arrival wing of the airport while trying to exchange the said counterfeit money from a Bureau De Change. The prosecution alleged that the accused was in possession of $115,000 and £460 suspected to be fake, with intent to commit felony. “The accused was