Uganda arrests 6 Congo nationals in fake dollar, marijuana crackdown

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The six male suspects were arrested in Arua, near the DRC border, for trafficking fake US dollars and possessing marijuana.

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Ugandan police have arrested six nationals of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in connection with counterfeit US banknotes and marijuana possession, a police spokesperson said Monday.

The six male suspects were seized in the northwestern district of Arua, which borders the DRC, over trafficking and selling fake US dollars and possessing marijuana, police spokesperson Kituuma Rusoke told reporters in Kampala.