Photo: South African Nabbed At Nigerian Airport With Over N74m Hidden In Oats Packs

A 39-year-old South African woman was intercepted at the
Murtala M​u​hammed International Airport, Lagos, with
$373,725 (N74.4million) and €2,120 (N450,000) concealed
inside packs of oats, the National Drug Law Enforcement
Agency, NDLEA, has said.
In a statement Thursday, the agency said the money was
detected during an inward screening of passengers on a
South African airline flight from Johannesburg.
Two Nigerians are also being investigated by the anti-
narcotic agency in connection with the case.
Hamza Umar, the NDLEA Commander at the Lagos Airport,
identified the lady as Nosisi Nqgula.
"The mode of concealment presents reasonable grounds for
money laundering," Mr. Umar said.
"Five packs of oats were found to contain $373,725 and
€2,120. Two Nigerians, Damian Akamelus and Prophet
Cyprian Chigere are also being interrogated in connection
with the seized money."
Victoria Egbase, NDLEA Director of Assets and Financial
Investigation, said th​e​ refusal of the South African to declare
the money and the manner of concealment were criminal
and that the case was being investigated to establish
possible link with drug trafficking.
The suspect, Ms. Nqgula, who works in a cosmetic shop, said
the bag containing the money was given to her by a Nigerian
in South Africa.
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