Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have commenced investigation of one Rajesh Kumar arrested by the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, for allegedly failing to declare the sum of $29,000( Twenty Nine Thousand United States Dollars).
Kumar
was
intercepted
by
Customs
operatives
during
a
routine
check
on
Wednesday,
July
7,
2025
at Murtala
Muhammed
International
Airport,
Ikeja,
Lagos.
Upon
arrest,
the
suspect,
who
was
scheduled
to travel
to
India,claimed
he
had
only
$6,000
on
him.
During
the
handing
over
of
the
suspect,
the
Area
Comptroller
in
charge
of
the
NCS
at
the
Airport
,
E.
I.
Harrison
said
there
was
a
need
for
concerted
effort “to
make
Nigeria
move
from
where
it
is
to
where
we
will
gain
more
respect
in
the
international
community.
“ We have the mandate and the authority to make sure that whatever will be injurious to our economy is not allowed to take place, especially in this our Command.
“So,
today,
on
behalf
of
our
Service,
I
want
to
formally
hand
over
the
money,
passport
and
file
containing
the
statement
of
the
passenger
involved
to
the
EFCC
for
further
necessary
actions.”
While
receiving
the
suspect,
Head,
Special
Control
Unit
against
Money
Laundering,
SCUML,
Lagos
Assistant
Commander
of
the
EFCC,
ACE1 Ibinabo
Amachree, assured
the
Service
that
the
EFCC
would,
as
usual,
expedite
actions
on
investigation
and
prosecution
of
the
suspect.
Amachree,
who
spoke
on
behalf
of
the
acting
Zonal
Director,
Lagos
Zonal
Directorate
2,
EFCC,
Ahmed
Ghali, said
the
arrest
“would
go
further
to
boost
our
image
as
a
country
,
especially
as
we
prepare
to
exit
the
Financial
Action
Task
Force (FAFT
)Grey
List.
“As
a
matter
of
fact,
this
is
one
of
the
gains
of
our robust
collaboration
with
the
Nigerian
Customs
Service
and
the
Nigerian
Financial
Investigation
Unit,
NFIU”,
he
said.
Media & Publicity
July 9, 2025
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