The Airport Command of the Nigerian Police Force has arrested two teenagers with $9,734,225 and €664,100 at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos.


The 18-year-old teenagers, identified as Abdul Bashir and Rabiu Bashir, said to be brothers, were arrested at the old domestic wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport at about 6.30 pm on Thursday, shortly after arriving with the huge sum of money aboard an Arik Air flight from Kano.


According to security and airline sources, the money was packed in four travelling bags, which the suspects checked in as hand luggage.


A security source said the police worked on a tip-off by an airline ground employee. Unconfirmed reports said the two young men did not declare the content of the bag before they boarded the plane in Kano.


It was learnt that the suspects, who claimed they were operators of a Bureau de Change outlet, were given the money by their customers.


A police source quoted the suspects as saying that they were in Lagos to sell the foreign currencies because the exchange rates were usually higher in Lagos.


The case had been handed over to the Commissioner of Police, Criminal Investigation Department of the Nigerian Police Force, Abuja for further investigation, according to a police source.


The Commissioner of Police, Airport Command, Mr. Moses Onireti, told SATURDAY PUNCH that he was in a meeting when a call was put through his telephone line for reaction.


When our correspondent called the police commissioner around 8.20 pm for the second time on the incident, he said, “call back.”


In 2010, an official in one of the commercial banks claimed she lost an undisclosed amount in foreign currency between Lagos and Abuja, which she said she checked in on an Arik flight.


It was lost in transit between Lagos and Abuja.
source: http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201102055355759

Its not Arik, its the hungry, mudafockers that wrk at the airport, expecting bribes at every tiny spot.

Those boyz r not sharp --- why would u check the bag in, when u have hands.

obowunmi:

Its not Arik, its the hungry, mudafockers that wrk at the airport, expecting bribes at every tiny spot.

Those boyz r not sharp --- why would u check the bag in, when u have hands.

The thing really pain you shei?

Lol.theres no how dey wont check evry of dia lugage

D whole story is misconception if d true source of it is revealled instead of they two person+s arrested the wil b more, any how na 9ja evry1 is alwayz fast,,,

Very dull boys!
na to hire taxi go lagos jor. Silly. See how they foiled a perfect plan. Mtchewww e dey pain me

those two bois re xpressing thier effective urge to strangulation, they re two outstanding kleptomaniacs xpressing thier mendacity towards unforgless mandate of unquantifiable pemutation, those bois are two wicked stupendous evil spirit 4rm hell fire extirpating the countries money bcus the governmental bheadd homo sapiens re nt spreading the money to dwntrodden, i like those boiz expressive attitude to forging,.thanku

obowunmi:

Its not Arik, its the hungry, mudafockers that wrk at the airport, expecting bribes at every tiny spot.

O man, no be lie o. The kain "by force tips" wey those airport staff dey collect na on another level o, especially at International wings. They go just conclude say everybody na SIN-ator pikin.

Meanwhile, na for inside Police Commissioner office dem go settle this one o. Nobody is going to any jail/court/EFCC for questioning!

daniel im impressed at ur usage of English, @poster, those boyz were maybe sent, their ogas mite be a police man who knows,

daniel michael:

those two bois re xpressing thier effective urge to strangulation, they re two outstanding kleptomaniacs xpressing thier mendacity towards unforgless mandate of unquantifiable pemutation, those bois are two wicked stupendous evil spirit 4rm hell fire extirpating the countries money bcus the governmental bheadd homo sapiens re nt spreading the money to dwntrodden, i like those boiz expressive attitude to forging,.thanku

WTH are you talking about ?

phraze:

daniel im impressed at your usage of English, @poster, those boyz were maybe sent, their ogas mite be a police man who knows,

i hope you were being sarcastic about his rant!

If the story is true, haven't those guys ever heard of a bank? they could have done a bank transfer that way they wouldn't even have to carry the money. Then again having that much cash seems suspicious i wonder if any of it is fake

Hey! See bois with empty skulls, dis thin dey pain like crazy.

Hey! See bois with empty skulls, dis thin dey pain me like crazy.

Hey! See bois with empty skulls, dis thin dey pain me like crazy.

thats crazy hug amount of money

money-miss-road.

bad but not sharp guy.

all the mallams and aboki in money exchange business do same thing all the time, this is no news at all. did they steal it, no, is it fake currency, no. so what the heck? these thieves in government, and all of you who are calling them names, where else can you get foreign currency if not from these guys, abeg make una sharap jare

see   money,na   when   person   go   see   dat  kind   money.lol!

Even my 8 months old siblings thinks beta dan those 2 abokis.

Na wa ooo when people are suffering and this guys are trying to smuggle $9.7m and €664,100 out of the country.

A country of no law

Them boiz be spending in Large numbers,
Thank God say dem catch dem, if not na one useless tin or the other way them for go buy first. Like one door honda hennessey or first class trip to the only whorehouse in Dubai.

Bleep up,aboki wen una go sharp up,chei

Has anyone considered these guys are fronts for a bureau De charge.

I think dat derz a motive behind d money laundering sh!t by dose teenagers. They must av bin used to divert d attentn of security agents frm screening a drug-carrier probably. Dis is NIGERIA.

Demn it! Too much money. Just wondering where they got it from. There is something they are not telling us here. Two teenagers  with such amount of money. May God help us.

nastydamus:

O man, no be lie o. The kain "by force tips" wey those airport staff dey collect na on another level o, especially at International wings. They go just conclude say everybody na SIN-ator pikin.

Meanwhile, na for inside Police Commissioner office dem go settle this one o. Nobody is going to any jail/court/EFCC for questioning!

true talk.

When was JAC & FAC paid? Wicked People; Let the police thoroughly interviewed  those (Courier) guys.
With that money,the exchange rate would have arbitrarily shot-up and trigger unnecesary inflation.

People in a wicked system doing wicked things. God save Nigeria.[font=Lucida Sans Unicode][/font]

gagalicious:

I think dat derz a motive behind d money laundering droppings by dose teenagers. They must av bin used to divert d attentn of security agents frm screening a drug-carrier probably. Dis is NIGERIA.

d amt is 2 big 4 dat method.

unah think say this is d first term? no,e don tey,naija aboki get cash pass world bank,

Abeg make them leave the ama hausa boys with their kaya.
We have them in every city changing foreign\local currencies and they carry cash about.
The evil police wey no dey use eye see money.
they shld concentrate on the politicians and kidnappers.

Anyway the boys will have an 'oga' who will get them out.

two very dum boys my 8months old cousin'll do better