“Meanwhile, the suspect is cooperating with operatives.”
Orilade said the Nigerian Customs Service had in March 2017, intercepted bags of money containing a total of N49 million cash. The money, he said, was being illegally transported by one Adamu Rabiu Mohammed who was heading to Dubai, through the Kaduna International Airport.
Section 2(3) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 prohibits individuals coming into or leaving the country from carrying an excess of $10,000 in “cash or negotiable instruments”, except the amount is declared to the NCS.