The Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has said its operatives have intercepted
gold worth about N211 million being illegally transported through the Murtala
Mohammed International Airport, Lagos en route Dubai.
A
statement from acting EFCC spokesman, Tony Orilade, said following intelligence
report, the operatives on November 9, 2018 uncovered the gold weighing about
35kg just at the point of departure of a suspect currently in the EFCC’s
custody.
He
said, “Investigations are currently ongoing to unravel his accomplice behind
the illegal movement of the goods. Meanwhile, the suspect is cooperating with
operatives.”
Orilade
recalled that the EFCC also in March 2017 intercepted bags containing a total
of N49 million being illegally transported out of the country through the
Kaduna International Airport.
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