Four people found with K8 million worth of counterfeit notes have been arrested, by the Drug Enforcement Commission.
DEC Acting Public Relations Officer, Samuel Silomba named the four as Tom Kabemba, 26, a businessman of Lusaka, Chanda Thema, 31, Victor Mulenga, 30, a businessman of Chingola and Bernard Kabanji, 29.
He said the four were arrested and jointly charged for being in possession of counterfeit notes worth K8.5million.
Tom Kabemba and Chanda Thema were arrested at On the Run in Kamwala area, while Victor Mulenga and Bernard Kabanji were apprehended from Avondale area.
The Commission has also seized an un-registered vehicle which was being used by the two suspects apprehended from Kamwala area.
Meanwhile, Olipa Kapombe a 23 year old housewife of Mufulira has been arrested by the drug enforcement commission for drug trafficking.
[ZNBC]
Unlucky cows! Why didn`t they just go into farming like chi Liato?
another below par reporting ba LT.
more cash in your pockets means a lot. Even printing counterfeits is more money in ones pocket. After all balilanda kale its more money in your pockets. Kuprinta chabe What a government! I end here!
The Zambian currency is a big joke and it won’t be surprising to find most of it stuffed in commercial banks. The authorities must urgently address this problem. We are still waiting for convincing answers to the damaging allegations that the disgraced MMD GRZ printed billions in fake kwacha notes via the BOZ. Come on we want answers otherwise many of us will be very reluctant to touch any kwacha note.
Awesome word for the day
Callipygous (kal-uh-PY-guhs)
Meaning: Having well-shaped buttocks..
everything is fake. their names are also fake: these are nigerians. Kashi aba lamba nabo ni ba drug trafficker. This Olipa wa sebanya ba mwisho. Zambia naipwa.
Yaaaaaaaaawn…..
Now who printed this money, was it BOZ?
The solution to all this nonsense is very simple – change the large denomination kwacha notes asap.
Those institutions that deal with counterfeit currency activity know that when you find 8 million, you should assume that there is at least 800 billion and more that has not been detected and is in circulation playing havoc with the economy.
Arresting small timers with 8 million will not reverse the continuing greater damage out there.
DEC are fools. Why are they failing to arrest those who engaged another printer to print Zed money? The guy who interred 2.1 Billion Kwachas is freely roaming our streets and enjoying the loot he got whilst in power.
its happening in europe.
Cheap criminals had less than $2,000 dollars
Police plse stop parading these small time criminals begin to caught the big ones like RB Banda,FTJ Chiluba, Liato the list is long.Parade these type of swindlers then we will know you are working.For now you are just cadres of the politicians
Italian Bunga Bunga I think the term one uses is bulls when referring to the male species of said animal and please do not insult such innocent law-fearing animals by comparing them to these brainless amoebas
Now I see where the fake Kwacha is. Â So, BOZ spent millions of dollars to print K8m of fake notes. Â Mr President a Commission of Inquiry is in order – IMMEDIATELY.
And while you are at it, please give these Bemba monkeys caught with fake notes some jobs, maybe as Provincial PSs?
zambiam wil never change because you cant trust any leader as at now and everyone is trying to be rich.