Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in conjunction with a Joint Task Force comprising five teams from the Nigeria Police Force and three teams from the Nigeria Customs Service on February 21, 2024 arrested 115 suspected currency racketeers in Enugu State.
This was disclosed in a statement by the EFCC on Thursday following the arrest of the suspects by the joint teams.
The suspects, comprising 113 males and two females, were arrested in a sting operation at Owerri Road, Ogui, Enugu State following credible intelligence about some Bureau De Change operators, currency speculators and street hawkers operating illegal foreign exchange markets in that environment.
Items recovered from them included N110.7 million; $8,368; £145; €2,725; 900 South African Rands; 32,000 CFA; 100 Turkiya; and 500 Bank Mozambique currencies in different denominations.
A safe abandoned by one of the street hawkers was also recovered.
Enugu arrest by EFCC, JTF
Preliminary investigation showed that some of the suspects are foreigners from Niger Republic.
They would soon be charged to court, the EFCC said in the statement on Thursday. [Eagle Online]
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