BREAKING: Nigerian Customs Intercept $8 Million At Lagos Airport
The Muritala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a whooping $8,061,000 (N2.9billion at prevailing rate of N360/$) from suspected currency traffickers.
Speaking at a press briefing in Lagos, the Comptroller General of the Service, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd) said the currency was intercepted in a bus belonging to the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHco) bus at the airport tarmac.
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The CGC who said after the preliminary investigations, the money will be handed over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for further investigations stated that a suspect has been arrested so far