Three Arrested In Mapel Market Over Fake Currency Local police officers at Mapel main market of Jur River County arrested three South Sudanese nationals found publicly exchanging fake South Sudanese pounds in exchange for the new ones to the local traders in the market. 04 September 2011 Three Arrested In Mapel Market Over Fake Currency The New South Sudanese legal tender notes [©Gurtong] By James Deng Dimo WAU, 4th August 2011 [Gurtong] - Local police officers at Mapel main market of Jur River County arrested three South Sudanese nationals found publicly exchanging fake South Sudanese pounds in exchange for the new ones to the local traders in the market.
The three men were caught during evening hours in the market exchanging fake 25 SSP by buying small items worth 1 pound and they demand back some balance of 24 SSP, Jur River County Commissioner Mulana Akol Majok Rok Awar told Gurtong. According to the commissioner’s statement, the culprits left Juba on 23rd of August 2011 to Yirol County of Lake State and they arrived in Mapel later on 27 of the same month when they started exchanging the fake money to the public. The suspects; Uyul Kulang Nak, Simon Kon Kachuol and Abraham Matiup Dhal are all from Yirol County of Lake State. Uyul Kulang who confessed to be the leader said that a man known to them as Abdul used to give them 3,000 fake South Sudanese Pounds for exchange with the new ones, in turn he paid them 150 SSP each. The three men explained to the county commissioner that during they were sent from Juba by a fake money producer, only indentified as Abdul, a Ugandan by nationality. Abdul was also arrested in Juba after the suspects agreed to disclosed his whereabouts and location. Over 7,100 fake South Sudanese Pounds were confiscated in Mapel town after the suspects were arrested and the money sent to authorities in Wau for future consideration on whether to compensate the affected traders through the State government. Commissioner Akol Majok called on the entire citizens of WBGS to hand over any fake money they Posses to the State government. Posted in: Home -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
