The Drug Enforcement Commission has expressed concern over the high levels of counterfeit money in circulation and has called on members of the public to be wary and not transact in foreign currency on the streets.
This comes in the wake of the arrest of six members of an organised criminal gang believed to be responsible for circulating counterfeit United States dollars.
The Commission has jointly charged Twizzy Himaantu a police officer, Juliet Tembo a local court magistrate, Alex Kwibisa a miner, David Kalumbu a farmer, Fredrick Chilando a driver and Edwin Mando also a driver aged.
The six have been jointly charged for Possession of Counterfeit Notes amounting to $1, 031, 200 contrary to section 358 of the Penal Code Cap 87 of the Laws of Zambia.
The suspects were picked up in a special operation conducted in Kitwe which also led to the seizure of a Toyota Spacio registration number AOB 727 and they are detained in lawful custody and will appear in court soon.
This contraband is part of the $2 million in counterfeit notes suspected to have been smuggled into the country by this organised criminal network.
This is contained in a statement made available to Flava News by DEC Public Relations Officer Hussein Khan.
