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JUST IN: Man arrested with Foreign money equivalent to ₦1billion at airport in Nigeria

The Nigerian Customs officers at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, Makia have arrested a Saudi Arabia returnee with a bag filled with foreign currency equivalent to N1billion.

VAM News learnt that the man, whose name is undisclosed arrived on a 2pm Ethiopian Airline flight on Thursday afternoon.

According to sources, during the checking of his luggage, different foreign currencies such as US Dollars, Euro, Pound Sterling and Saudi Riyal were discovered worth about N1billion.

However, the suspect as well as the money discovered have been taken away to the customs headquarters in Kano for further investigation.

The source further disclosed that the returnee allegedly connived with some airport staff to divert his luggage through a backdoor but the customs insisted on checking the bags.

As at press time, the Head, Corporate Communications at Makia, Maimuna Tadafe is yet to respond to the development.

More details later…

VAM News

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