A Nigerian youth was arrested for trying to transfer several lakhs worth of counterfeit US dollars at the Muthoot Financial Institution in the Kattoor area of Coimbatore.
Coimbatore: A Nigerian youth was arrested for trying to transfer several lakhs worth of counterfeit US dollars at the Muthoot Financial Institution in the Kattoor area of Coimbatore.
According to the police, a Nigerian youth went to the Muthoot Financial Institution in the Kattoor area of Coimbatore this afternoon.
On having several lakhs worth of US dollars, he gave it to the money transfer officer at the Muthoot Financial Institution and asked for it to be converted into Indian currency.
Officers who checked the currency revealed that the US dollars were all counterfeit. Following this, they informed the Kattoor Crime Branch police. Criminal police rushed to the spot, rounded up the culprit, seized his identity card and US dollars and are now investigating the case further.
It was revealed that he was Okbor Nathan hailed from Nigeria. Police then made the arrests and are now investigating the case further.
According to the police, a Nigerian youth went to the Muthoot Financial Institution in the Kattoor area of Coimbatore this afternoon.
On having several lakhs worth of US dollars, he gave it to the money transfer officer at the Muthoot Financial Institution and asked for it to be converted into Indian currency.
Officers who checked the currency revealed that the US dollars were all counterfeit. Following this, they informed the Kattoor Crime Branch police. Criminal police rushed to the spot, rounded up the culprit, seized his identity card and US dollars and are now investigating the case further.
It was revealed that he was Okbor Nathan hailed from Nigeria. Police then made the arrests and are now investigating the case further.