Nigeria Customs Intercept $8m, Arrest Airport Staff In Lagos - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 5, 2020
The Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted over 8,065 thousand dollars at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport MMIA in Lagos.
This was disclosed by the CustomsComptroller-General, Hameed Ali, at a press conference in Lagos.
He added that the cash which was stashed in a carwas intercepted while it was about to be loaded into an aircraft.
Ali said a suspect, the driver of the vehicle who isa staff of Nigerian Aviation Handling Company NAHCO, has been arrested inconnection with the alleged money laundering.
He, however, did not provide details of the aircraftbut added that the money was stashed inside a vehicle belonging to NAHCO.
He further said investigations are on to revealthose behind the Laundering.