Money Laundering: NDLEA Nabs Man With 108 ATM Cards At Lagos Airport

BEVERLY HILLS, October 17, (THEWILL) – National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Saturday in Lagos said it had arrested a 34-year-old man, (name withheld) suspected to be working for an international criminal organisation.

Head of Public Affairs, NDLEA, Ofoyeju Mitchell, who disclosed this in a statement, said the suspect was in possession of 108 automatic teller machine (ATM) debit cards.

He said the arrest took place at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos while the suspect was attempting to board a Qatar Airline flight to China.

“The debit cards belong to five commercial banks,” the statement said.

The statement quoted the NDLEA commander at the Lagos airport, Mr. Ahmadu Garba, as saying that the suspect was arrested in connection with alleged money laundering.

It also added that the suspect was immediately transferred to the Assets and Financial Investigation Directorate of the Agency for investigation.

“First City Monument Bank (FCMB) had the highest number of cards with 58. Stanbic IBC Bank has 23 cards, Zenith Bank 19, Fidelity Bank 6 and Diamond Bank 2.”

“Mrs. Victoria Egbase, the Director of Assets and Financial Investigation, said that the Agency had established a prima facie case of financial crime against the suspect,” it said.

It said that the Chairman/Chief Executive of the NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade, had ordered the transfer of the case to the EFCC for further investigation.

The statement quoted the suspect as saying that he was asked to take the cards to China.