Authorities arrest man with over $2 million fake dollar bills

01:21 - 09 July 2015

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A man has been arrested in Lagos trying to transport fake dollars totalling over 2 million dollars to Abuja,

Lawrence Agbe, 45, was on Tuesday July 7th arrested by security officials at the Muritala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, while trying to transport fake dollar bills totaling $2.1 million from Lagos to Abuja.

While speaking on the arrest, the Commissioner of Police for the command, Mr. Fredrick Lakanu, said during interrogation Lawrence said the fake dollar bills were owned by one Steve who is yet to be indentified.

"After further interrogation, the suspect mentioned one Steve residing in Abuja as the owner of the said €1.25m. But Steve is at large," the Commissioner said.

Investigations are still ongoing as regards the case.