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XALIMANEWS: The police of Parcelles Assainies got their hands on 29,000 euros (18 million 850,000 CFA francs) in counterfeit notes. The seizure was made last Sunday on a Mr. Sow. The latter was arrested in the company of a named I. Diallo who, he, held 200 euros (real).
The 29,000 euros were grouped into denominations of 50 euros (just over 30,000 francs CFA), informs the AS, which gives the information by specifying that the mis en cause have been denounced by a trader established at the unit. 8 Plots Assainies.
The newspaper indicates that the alleged forgers, who reported coming from Touba, claimed to have received counterfeit notes from a marabout established in Darou Khoudoss neighborhood of the holy city.
That's not all. The police also found a false passport on Mr. Sow. Asked about the source of the document, the latter said he obtained it in exchange for 200,000 CFA francs from a "secretary" named N. M. Sèye and living in Ouakam.
Arrested in turn, the latter claimed to have acted on the instructions of his boss, a Nigerian owner of a multi-service in Ouakam.
The two men and the lady were brought to the prosecutor's office yesterday, Tuesday 27 November. They are being prosecuted for criminal conspiracy, an attempt to sell fake banknotes and monetary signs legal tender in Senegal and abroad, forgery and use of forgery.
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