Kenyan police seize $20 million of counterfeit banknotes from deposit box

A Kenyan police officer escorts suspects, after fake currency was seized in a personal safety deposit box at the Queensway branch of Barclays Bank Kenya, in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, March 19, 2019. REUTERS/Njeri Mwangi

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan police have seized $20 million (£15 million) of counterfeit banknotes that had been stored in a personal safety deposit box at a branch of Barclays Bank Kenya, the directorate of criminal investigations said.

Police had also arrested six people, including two of the bank's staff, the directorate said late on Tuesday in a statement posted on its Twitter account.