The Murtala Muhammed International Airport command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Thursday arrested an intending China bound passenger at the Lagos Airport with $355,685.
According to the public relations officer of the Airport command of the Nigeria Customs Service, Mrs Thelma Williams , though the passenger identified as Okonkwo Onyeka Nonso with passport number A03515894 declared the said amount to the customs currency seat officers at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, but he could not explain the source of the currency.
Williams explained that after customs officers at the airport physically counted the money, it was discovered to be three hundred and seventeen thousand and three hundred dollars ( $317,300), as against the earlier declaration of $355,685 by the passenger.
The passenger and the said currency Williams said are still in the custody of the Customs , and will be handed over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) for further investigation.
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