#ARRESTED: @DCI_Kenya Detectives today afternoon arrested three men namely #AbdoulayeTamba, #AbdallaTamba (both nationals of #Chad)& #AnthonyMwangangi, a Kenyan, who is their driver following a tip-off from members of public.The three were found with over a billion fake currency. pic.twitter.com/SykuBSvC0a
— DCI KENYA (@DCI_Kenya) October 1, 2018
The three include Abdoulaye Tamba and Abdalla Tamba From Chad, and Kenyan Anthony Mwangangi who was their driver.
One more who was part of the group escaped and police are still looking for him.
The police said that they acted on a tip-off from the public, and found the men with a heap of the currencies in the house they were living in.
The three men were arrested in an apartment within Nairobi by the #Flyingsquad officers who also managed to recover the fake currency which was in dollars and Euros. #CommunityPolicing. pic.twitter.com/Wyregi3g62
— DCI KENYA (@DCI_Kenya) October 1, 2018
The arrest was part of an ongoing operation to weed out illegal immigrants.
One of the men is believed to be the money launders’ kingpin.
Kenyan victims of the con game have been advised to report to the nearest DCI to lodge their complaints.