BY DANIEL ETEGHE
Lagos — OPERATIVES of the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, Wednesday,
arrested a female passenger with $151,205 at the Murtala Muhammed
International Airport, MMIA, Lagos on her way to board an Emirates
flight to China.
The passenger, Mrs. Akinnuote Abiola Oluwafunke, was apprehended for
not declaring the total sum of foreign currencies she had to the
officials of the NCS and was arrested after the discovery of additional
currencies by men of the command.
Speaking on the arrest, the spokesperson of the Nigerian Customs
Service, MMIA Command, Mrs. Thelma Williams, pointed out that the female
passenger was arrested while trying to board an Emirates Airlines
flight EK 784 to China.
She explained that Oluwafunke failed to comply with the law of full disclosure of FER oreign currencies
According to Mrs. Williams, the passenger with passport number
AOO882373 only declared $100, 000 on the prescribed currency declaration
forms: CDFIA and CDFIB, noting that a search on her bag, Customs
officers discovered that she was carrying $151, 205
Mrs. Williams explained that the false declaration of the sum of $51, 205 ran contrary to the rule, which warranted her arrest.
The passenger, she said, had been immediately transferred to
Economic and Financial Crimes Commiss- ion, EFCC, saying EFCC would
carry out further investigation on the arrest.
She said: “At about 1300 hrs, one intending passenger travelling with
Emirate Airline flight EK784 to China by name Mrs. Akinnuote Abiola
Oluwafunke with passport No. A00882373 declared $100,000 on both forms
CDFIA and CDFIB. On searching her bag, it was discovered she was
carrying $151,205.
Culled: Vanguard
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