Suspected Money Launderer Arrested By Customs With $767,500

A suspected money launderer, Yusuf Taofeeq Olanrewaju, has been nabbed by the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Murtala Muhammed International Airport Command with $767,500. In a statement, the NCS said Taofeeq, with passport number A03758685, was arrested while trying to board an Emirates flight number EK782 to Hong Kong via Dubai through the E wing of the Lagos airport.
The passenger and the said amount have been handed over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for further investigation it further said.
The public relations officer of the Nigeria Customs Service at the Airport Command Office, Mrs Thelma Williams, said though the passenger declared the said amount on the prescribed forms CDF1A and CDF1B, he could not explain satisfactorily the source of the money.
Williams explained that upon investigations, by Customs, the passenger was observed to be a frequent traveller. “Upon investigation, the passenger, Yusuf Taofeeq Olarewaju was noted as a frequent traveller with currency as follows: on April 27, 2012, $182,000, which he took to Hong Kong.