Sh600,000 fake currency Seized in Kileleshwa
Four people have been arrested after being found with assorted fake local and foreign currencies in Nairobi's Kileleshwa area.
Gathogo Wanjiru 
Abdulaziz Hassan 54, Dorcas Ntoya, 34, and 26-year-old Arum Bob Busimbi were arrested by DCI's Transnational Organized Crime detectives on Thursday night.
The house caretaker who tried to bar the detectives from accessing the culprits, 54-year-old Ethan Mureithi, was also arrested.
DCI Director George Kinoti said the detectives acting on intelligence had launched an operation at Mideya Apartments house number 101.
“The three are believed to be part of a syndicate that is behind the rising cases of money laundering, commonly known as wash wash,” he said.
Forty-five US dollar notes in 100 denominations and Sh166,000 notes of Kenyan currency were recovered.
Kinoti said several fake US dollar notes in denominations of 100 and a machine believed to be used in developing the fake notes were found in the house.
The police recovered a Honda Fit KCY 695X, three copies of a fake letter purportedly from the Central Bank of Kenya, notifying receipt of Sh10 billion.
Two copies of United Nation invoices, a forged anti-money laundering clearance certificate, a packet of white powder labeled 'Best Quality Laundry Starch', and a bottle containing a bluish substance were also recovered.
The suspects are in custody pending arraignment.
