Huge Cash, N366m Equivalent Found On Six Women At Airport

Huge cash amounting to several millions of naira has been found on six women at the Jomo Kenyatta International airport, in Kenya.

The cash was Sh102 million or equivalent of N366,7m, was found concealed in the women’s luggage containing personal items and was discovered during a routine scanning process.

They arrived in the country from India aboard Ethiopian airline Number ET 318, and the money was discovered at the point of clearing.

Men of the KRA’s Customs and Border Control Unit, have arrested the six women, the nation newspaper reports.

“On October 6, 2022, while clearing Ethiopian Airline flight Number ET 318, some six women of Somali origin arrived at the Customs area. They had with them luggage’s containing shoes and clothes. As usual, the bags were scanned to establish what they contained,” KRA said in a statement.

“The images showed items that looked like currency. Upon secondary verification, it was confirmed that the luggage contained US currency amounting to 857,300USD.”

“KRA encourages passengers to correctly declare all cargo/items at the Ports of entry and exit as required under the provisions of the Second and Third Schedules of the EAC Customs Management Act, 2004,” KRA said.

According to the report, the huge cash has been deposited into the customs warehouse for further investigations.

“The money has been held and the matter is under investigation,’’ KRA commissioner for Custom and Border Control Lilian Nyawanda said in a statement then.

The report quotes the KRA, as saying that upon arrival, the when the passenger arrived at JKIA from Bujumbura, Burundi, he made a declaration of the currency indicating the origin as Banque de Credit de Bujumbura (BCB) to a recipient Brinks Global Services, Kenya.

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After clearance by Customs Unit at the airport, the traveller later, presented the same money at the Swissport Cargo shed with different export documents for shipment to Global Services, UK, the report added.