NIGERIA (Ogun)- Four members of a syndicate which specialised in the production of fake customs papers, has been arrested  by the Ogun State Police Command.

According to the State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Muyiwa Adejobi, the suspects, who were paraded at the SARS office, Magbon, Abeokuta, were arrested by men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, in Ogun State.

He added that items recovered from the suspects include fake seal of the Presidency, fake stamps of Nigeria Customs Service and Nigeria Police, computers, typewriters, printers and forged tinted glass permit.

He also disclosed that a 39-year-old man (name withheld) had been nabbed for allegedly producing fake Naira notes, adding that eight stolen vehicles, 10 assorted guns and various cartridges were recovered from suspected robbers.

According to him, four members of the syndicate involved in alleged production of fake customs papers were apprehended at Idiroko on January 9 by SARS operatives led by the officer-in-charge, Mohammed Tijani..

“No individual has the right to issue tinted glass permit. So, people should be aware of these hoodlums who are out there to dupe and give wrong papers. Police will charge anybody caught with any fake paper with forgery.

“As a result of the arrest, we were able to discover a man who was into production of fake Naira notes. He, along with another suspect still at large, had been spending this money for people at night. People who deal with liquid cash especially should beware of these hoodlums.”

During their interaction with journalists, some of the suspects, Austin Henry, Bala Idris and Peter Patrick, confessed to the crime of forging customs papers in the last three years.

The leader of the syndicates, Austin Henry, said those involved in the syndicates were more than 20, but others fled when police came to arrest them.