830 million CFA francs seized in Dakar counterfeit banknote case
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Senego
Senegalese gendarmes arrested five people in Dakar in a counterfeit banknote case and seized 830 million CFA francs. Three other suspects are being sought, while the text does not specify Reug-Reug’s exact role in the case, according to Senego.
The Senegalese gendarmerie seized 830 million CFA francs in a counterfeit banknote case in Dakar and arrested five people, including Senegalese wrestler Reug-Reug, according to reports cited by Yahoo.
The investigation began on 20 September after information was passed to the Faidherbe gendarmerie’s Research Brigade. Two gendarmes posed as counterfeiters to arrest an initial suspect, who is said to have subsequently named Reug-Reug’s uncle and then the wrestler himself.
Reug-Reug is said to have turned up on Thursday evening with a carton of black banknotes that he valued at 750 million CFA francs. He also reportedly mentioned a supplier capable of delivering more, according to Yahoo.
