DEC nabs Ministry of Health officer for possession of K1.2m counterfeit notes

Theresa Katongo

The Drug Enforcement Commission has arrested and jointly charged a records officer at the ministry of health with three others for being in possession of over 1.2 million counterfeit hundred kwacha notes.

DEC Public Relations Officer,Theresa Katongo has identified the records officer as Aaron Mwendafilumba aged 36 of Chilenje township in Lusaka.

Ms. Katongo says the four suspects were arrested in four different locations in Lusaka.

She has since urged members of the public especially peasant farmers and business entities to understand the features of the Zambian kwacha notes to avoid being duped by unscrupulous persons dealing in counterfeit notes.

1.2 million counterfeit hundred kwacha notes