How passenger was nabbed with $34,000 in Lagos airport

A passenger, Ozoh Ikenna was arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA)Lagos for trying to smuggle 23 wraps containing $34,000 to Brazil. 

The dollars were detected during screening of Etihad Airways passengers on a flight to Abu Dhabi on Friday.

The money was packed in wraps similar to narcotics and concealed in his shorts.

The NDLEA Airport Commander, Ahmadu Garba, said the arrest was possible with the help of the scanning machine.

“The wraps of dollars found on Ozoh Ikenna were detected with the aid of scanning machine. We also conducted a follow-up operation where one Ogbo Emmanuel who gave Ozoh  $34,000 was arrested.”

Victoria Egbase of the Assets and Financial Investigation Directorate revealed that the suspects were involved in the laundering of a substantial amount of money which were the proceeds of drugs.

”We were able to trace over N226,000,000 to one bank account, belonging to the second suspect, Ogbo Emmanuel. The account name is Eternal God International Limited,” she said.

The suspect, Ozoh said: “I live in Brazil since 2008. I was paid to smuggle the $34,000 to Brazil. They promised to pay me five per cent. I agreed to smuggle the money to alleviate my financial hardship. I could not swallow the wraps, so I decided to hide them in my shorts.”

 

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