A 39-year-old South African woman was intercepted at the Murtala M uhammed International Airport, Lagos, with $373,725 (N74.4million) and €2,120 (N450,000) concealed inside packs of oats, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has said.
In
a statement Thursday, the agency said the money was detected during an
inward screening of passengers on a South African airline flight from
Johannesburg.
Two Nigerians are also being investigated by the anti-narcotic agency in connection with the case.
Hamza Umar, the NDLEA Commander at the Lagos Airport, identified the lady as Nosisi Nqgula.
“The mode of concealment presents reasonable grounds for money laundering,” Mr. Umar said.
“Five
packs of oats were found to contain $373,725 and €2,120. Two Nigerians,
Damian Akamelus and Prophet Cyprian Chigere are also being interrogated
in connection with the seized money.”
Victoria
Egbase, NDLEA Director of Assets and Financial Investigation, said
the refusal of the South African to declare the money and the manner
of concealment were criminal and that the case was being investigated
to establish possible link with drug trafficking.
The
suspect, Ms. Nqgula, who works in a cosmetic shop, said the bag
containing the money was given to her by a Nigerian in South Africa.
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