Hard Currency: NDLEA Arrests Suspected Smugglers - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 24, 2019
The National Drug Law EnforcementAgency, NDLEA said it had apprehended two suspected hard currency smugglers atthe Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
The agency made this known in astatement by its Head, Public Affairs Unit, Jonah Achema, on Friday in Abuja.
It said that the arrest was made byits Special Area Command at the airport, and named the suspects as Obasi Chidi,from Enugu State and Nebo Lloyd, from Abia.
It said that the suspects wereapprehended as they arrived at the airport aboard an Ethiopian Airline Flight911, connecting from Tel Aviv.
It stated that preliminaryinvestigation indicated that the money was to be delivered to a recipient inAbuja, “the recipient whom they claimed was expected to disburse same tosupposed beneficiaries. It added that the money was neither declared beforetake-off in Israel nor on their arrival in Nigeria.
It also said that the suspects andmonetary exhibits had been transferred to the appropriate government agency forfurther investigation.
The agency said that the challengingsecurity situation in the country called for vigilance in all areas.