The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Ahmadu Giade, has dislodged a suspected money laundering syndicate that specialises in swallowing dollars.

Six suspected members of the group including a bureau de change operator have been apprehended in connection with swallowing $156,000.

This is the second suspected money laundering case involving a bureau de change operator in two months.

Reacting to the arrest, Giade promised to track down smuggled narcotics and currency. He warned that operators of bureau de change who failed to work within the confines of the law establishing them shall be sanctioned.

Operative of the NDLEA attached to the Joint Task Force (JTF) apprehended the suspects with the said money which they want to export to Brazil at Excel Oriental Hotel along Airport Road, Lagos State, where the dollars were reportedly swallowed.

Those arrested, according to the NDLEA commander, Joint Task Force (JTF), Adeniyi Muyiwa, included 37-year-old Nwokenta Kingsley, a bureau de change operator also known as Buchito; Onwuasoanya Augustine Chukwuemeka, 54 years old, who lives in Brazil and Christian Okoli Ifor, 35 years old also based in Brazil.

Others are Nwokenta Emmanuel Maduakolam, 31 years old; Ezenwa Ikenna, 28 years old who is a specialist in 'wrapping' and Ezenwa Uzoma, 33 years old hotel manager.

Interim investigation report by the anti-narcotics agency revealed that Buchito is the brains behind the suspected criminal act.

He allegedly supplied $120,000 to be swallowed and illicitly exported to Brazil.

Onwuasoanya Augustine Chukwuemeka swallowed 74 wraps of dollars amounting to $111,000. Christian Okoli Ifor, who resides in Brazil, had $45,000 which he wanted to swallow. Nwokenta Emmanuel, who is the manager of Amazon Bureau de Change played a supportive role in the alleged crime.

Ezenwa Ikenna who was hired to wrap the money is believed to have acquired his skill from illicit 'drug wrapping.'

The illicit exportation of currency by ingestion is a new trend in circumventing money laundering legislation.

Giade directed that the suspects be transferred to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for further investigation.

http://tribuneonlineng.com/ndlea-arrests-6-men-heading-brazil-swallowing-over-156000


Picture: The suspects.
INSET: Wrapped dollars to be swallowed.

came to check their names...see all their faces

Hmmm! *swallows eba* NDLEA, abeg let dem be jor! una nor wan see street boys make am abi?

see the extent some people can go just to beat a working system......




because they don't want to be caught by the money laundering law...... they now decided to swallow dollar notes

haba!
swallow dollars
the hustle is real o

I pray that this Story won't bring any E-War on Nairaland

In Jesus Name... Amen


Our Tribal Warriors on Nairaland let's embrace peace

Let's the 'I's marry the 'Y's vice versa

so yourobber man is involved now... where are those e warrior's yorrbbers

Very risky endevour. Get rich quick or die trying mentality is what is killing my people. I believe the yoruba guy was deceived by his greed and the sweet talk of my Igbo brothers.

How do one swallow money? Sad they are criminally creative.

This my people from the east keeps getting creative daily just to do any crime





How is it easy to swallow money self
Lalasticlala food is served oooo

ATM niggazzz

these guys are giving us bad names

haba!, is it only one section of this country that the poverty is so prevalent

monetary policy of this dullard president makes life very difficult for genuine businessmen to travel with money. Don't come here to spew rubbish if u have not traveled out of d country for business since June 2015..

na money una dey swallow now abi

The hustling is real, they can't do without drug trafficking.

ANC- Association of Name Checkers
Dis Never happened during GEJ regime

Sai- Baba...........

Vry soon they will b swallowing property to carry dem abroad

Name checkers association of nigeria

They are Igbo!

International business people

Hmmm...
wonder will never end.
that is about over 15-16 bundles of 100 dollar bills.
divided by 6 persons that means each person swallowed about 2.6 bundles. ( 2 bundles and a half ) approximately
In a bundle we have 100 pieces of 100 dollar notes.
so if each person swallowed approximately 2.6 bundles that means my fellow Nigerian brothers swallowed 250+ notes each.
Nigeria to Brazil is about 8 hours 25 mins flight + luagage and checking out of airport and movement to hotel (destination) time = 10hrs aleast.
weight of 1 dollar is about 1g so each person was carrying 260g + packaging and wrappings for at least 10hrs!
meaning they wont eat or drink through out the journey

Wow...the hursle is for real menh!
My people my people

greatness22:
Hmmm! *swallows eba* NDLEA, abeg let dem be jor! una nor wan see street boys make am abi?

So because you want to make it, you should endanger your life and the life of others. what's d point in an event where the drug bursts in their colon. Perhaps they will go and make it in heaven.

Chai... Didnt see any guys that swallowed dollar but another bashing thread..

Hmm, swallowed $156,000 cash or drugs worth that amount?

I'm Just wondering how possible it is to swallow such huge amount of cash

With their lives, people have mind.

Good one; at least, its better than swallowing white powder.