NDEA communiqué: Large sum of money seized at airport
19-July-2014
A large sum of money in the US dollar and Euro currencies amounting to almost one and a quarter million rupees (R1,250,000) has been confiscated, according to the National Drugs Enforcement Agency (NDEA).
In a communiqué dated July 18, 2014, the agency writes that this is thanks to the swift actions of alert security staff at the Seychelles International Airport, resulting in the handing over of a suspect who was about to board a plane to Dubai carrying a substantial amount of money in foreign currency.
When counted the money in US Dollars and Euro currencies amounted to almost one and a quarter million rupees.
Investigations revealed that the money was secretly smuggled into the departure lounge by an accomplice and handed over to the suspect as he was about to board the plane for Dubai.
The subject, a 30-year-old father of one child from Pointe Larue, was arrested and taken to the NDEA headquarters for questioning.
The NDEA suspects that the money was being smuggled out of the country to buy drugs and accordingly an investigation has been opened jointly with the FIU (Financial Intelligence Unit) in accordance with the provisions of the Misuse of Drugs and the Money Laundering acts.
In a communiqué dated July 18, 2014, the agency writes that this is thanks to the swift actions of alert security staff at the Seychelles International Airport, resulting in the handing over of a suspect who was about to board a plane to Dubai carrying a substantial amount of money in foreign currency.
When counted the money in US Dollars and Euro currencies amounted to almost one and a quarter million rupees.
Investigations revealed that the money was secretly smuggled into the departure lounge by an accomplice and handed over to the suspect as he was about to board the plane for Dubai.
The subject, a 30-year-old father of one child from Pointe Larue, was arrested and taken to the NDEA headquarters for questioning.
The NDEA suspects that the money was being smuggled out of the country to buy drugs and accordingly an investigation has been opened jointly with the FIU (Financial Intelligence Unit) in accordance with the provisions of the Misuse of Drugs and the Money Laundering acts.
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