EFCC probes passengers arrested with $6,180, £53,415 at Lagos airport

By Dickson Omobola

Security officials person intercepted and arrested 2 passengers, Mamud Nasidi and Yahaya Nasidi, astatine the home helping of the Murtala Muhammed Airport portion allegedly attempting to committee a formation with $6,180 and £53,415 cash.

The travellers, who failed to state the cash, were intercepted during regular checks earlier boarding an Aero Contractors flight.

Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Okotie Eboh, Ikoyi, Lagos, person besides commenced investigations into the incident.

Confirming the incidental to Vanguard, Managing Director of Aero Contractors, Capt Ado Sanusi, said: “My caput of information reported to maine that a formation was somewhat delayed due to the fact that 1 of our information agents noticed immoderate passengers carrying dense luggage into the compartment and advised them to cheque successful the bags if the compartment could not accommodate them.

“But they said they could not cheque it in. When asked why, they replied that it was due to the fact that the bags contained money. They were past informed that they should person declared it, arsenic determination are procedures that indispensable beryllium followed earlier boarding our flights with money.

“Then they said they were information agents carrying a suspect, and the wealth was expected to beryllium an exhibit. Our information agents present said, ‘Why are you carrying a suspect? We person the process for carrying a suspect, we person ways successful which we cheque successful a suspect, committee and deboard a suspect.’

“But then, different information cause came and said they would not travel. So, they were deboarded astatine that point. We are not definite however overmuch the wealth is.”

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