Security personnel of the Federal Airports
Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Thursday arrested a male cleaner with $271, 135
at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos.
The fat cash was found on Mr. Tijani Owolabi, who works with a cleaning
contractor, at a screening point of the international terminal.
A spokesperson for FAAN, Onyekwere Nnaekpe, confirmed the arrest in a statement
Thursday night, saying part of the money was found with Owolabi while the
rest was recovered from a sanitary bucket he was trying to carry through
the screening. He was suspected to be conveying the foreign currency to
an accomplice at the sterile area of the terminal.
The cleaner has been handed over to the appropriate security agencies for
further investigation. No passenger is allowed to travel
with more than $10, 000 and any amount above that is expected to be
declared with the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS).
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