25/11/2025
🚨UGANDAN NATIONAL ARRESTED IN SOLWEZI WITH OVER K832,000 IN ZAMBIAN COUNTERFEIT NOTES AND SUSPECTED UGANDAN FAKE CURRENCY
By: Sun FM TV Correspondent
A 31 year old Ugandan national has been arrested after found being in Possession with Zambian counterfeit notes amounting to K832,000 and 3,250,000 suspected Ugandan fake bank notes.
The incident happened on November 25th, 2025 around 00:00 hours at a named night club in Solwezi where the suspect when to drink from with his Solwezi based girlfriend.
The matter was reported to police by a security guard who works at the night club.
North Western Division Commissioner of Police, Brighton Siwale identified the suspects as Ronald Muyanja, 31 and Grace Nvondo
Mr. Siwale explains that the suspect had picked up a girlfriend from Urban area and went to drink beer at the said night club and in the process the duo decided to buy beers from the counter where the bar lady noticed that the K500 had produced was fake money.
He adds that the bar lady notified the security guards immediately who picked him together with his girlfriend and upon interviewing him, he reviewed that he had booked a room at a named lodge where the other counterfeit money was.
The Commissioner of Police says the suspect later led the security guards to his room at the said lodge where they found a laptop bag containing counterfeit money and car keys.
Thereafter, the security guards from G-greens conveyed the suspect to Solwezi Central Police Station where the counterfeit money was counted in his presence amounted to K832,000=00 Zambian Kwacha and 3,250,000 Ugandan Bank Notes also suspected to be fake money.
He was searched and detained in police custody awaiting further action.
