Police in Mufumbwe district have arrested a 27-year-old man for allegedly using K1,000 counterfeit notes and for being in possession of an additional K16,000Â counterfeit notes.
Northwestern Province Police Commissioner, Brighton Siwale, who confirmed the development to the media in Solwezi, said the incident occurred on November 12, 2025, between 00:00 and 02:00 hours at the makeshift market at Kikonge gold mine in Mufumbwe.
Mr Siwale identified the suspect as Moses Mupila aged 27 of Soweto compound in Chingola.
He said the brief facts of the case are that a businesswoman was selling goods when the suspect bought biscuits worth K50 using a counterfeit K500 note and she gave him K450 as change.
Mr Siwale said the same suspect later used another counterfeit K500 note to buy beer from a different businesswomen in the same market and received K370 as change.
He said he was later apprehended after attempting to deposit K16,000 in counterfeit notes into an Airtel Mobile Money account.
“The booth attendant became suspicious upon examining the money and that is how he was arrested,” he said.
