Wa Police arrest Legon student for dealing in fake dollars

Wa, Dec. 28, GNA- The Wa Police have arrested a level 400 Bachelor of Arts student of University of Ghana, Legon for trading with fake U.S dollars in the Wa Municipality and Wechiau, the Wa West District capital. The suspect, Dommie Salifu Abu, 24 years, was caught with a total of $16,000 U.S dollars and 6.9 million cedis, which he had apparently been

able to change from Dollars into cedis during his operation. Police Inspector Ebenezer Tetteh, Officer in-charge of Public Affairs Unit in the company of ASP Jeff Darko, Wa Municipal Police Commander who briefed the Ghana News Agency (GNA) at Wa in an interview said the suspect's main target was those preparing to go on pilgrimage to Mecca and the business community in the region.

According to the police, the final year Philosophy student had in his possession one bundle of 10 dollar notes, two bundles of 20 dollar notes and the rest were in 100 dollar denominations. Inspector Tetteh said apart from this time, records at his Hotel revealed that he had previously slept in the same hotel on September 11, 2006, which suggested that he had been in business for a very longtime. He said a search conducted on him found a Legon University hospital card among others. The Police said he also confessed that he was a resident student of the Commonwealth Hall and called on the police to find out if they were not convinced.

The Police Officers said Dommie, who is a native of Tumu in the Upper West Region would be put before court for them to ascertain more facts about his dealings in the fake currencies and cautioned the public against trading currencies with people they did not know.