A twenty five year old man, Hafiz Abdulai has been arrested by the Nsawam police for possessing various denominations of US dollars and cedi notes suspected to be fake.
The notes are ninety four 100 dollar notes with serial number LB 21997022, and thirty four 50 cedi notes with serial numbers EX 564712, EC 3069059, YE 2889402, YE 3748213
PRO of the Eastern Regional police command ASP Yaw Nketiah Yeboah told Pulse.com.gh that the suspect has been charged with the "possession of forged note currencies contrary to section 18(1) of the Currency Act 242"
The notes are yet to be sent to the Bank of Ghana for authentication.
The police are cautioning the public to be vigilant and report such cases to the police.