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NCS Operatives Nab Two Lebanese with $890,000 Cash in
Port-Harcourt
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has
commenced investigation of two Lebanese: Dina Jihad Khali and
Chamseddine Waell Mohmmed, who were arrested by officers of the
Customs Area Command, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, for
attempting to smuggle a total sum of $890,000 USD( Eight Hundred
and Ninety Thousand United States Dollars) out of Nigeria,
through the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa.
The suspects were arrested on Wednesday,
August 12, 2020 and handed over to the Port Harcourt Zonal
office of the EFCC for further investigation.
Speaking while handing over the two suspects, A.B Mohammed
Olayinka, Customs Area Controller, disclosed that Khali with
Passport
Number LR152975 (Republic of Lebanon) was arrested with
$670,000USD (Six Hundred and Seventy Thousand Dollars ) while
Mohammed with Passport Number LR0356598 (Republic of Lebanon) had
$220,000USD (Two Hundred and Twenty Thousand Dollars)
They were both arrested while trying to board a flight to
Lebanon.
He further disclosed that the money recovered from the suspects,
which they failed to declare to Customs, has been deposited with
the Central Bank of Nigeria, Rivers State Branch, for
safekeeping.
Principal Detective Superintendent Macaulay Olayinka,who
received the suspects on behalf of the Zonal Head, thanked officers
of the Customs Area Command for the synergy that exists
between the Command and the EFCC.
He assured that investigation will commence in earnest, adding
that the suspects would be charged to court as soon as
investigation is
concluded.
Dele Oyewale,
Head, Media & Publicity.
12/08/2020