Tuesday, August 20, 2013

AKWA IBOM LOCAL GOVT. CHAIRMAN ARRESTED FOR SMUGGLING $82,000 ABROAD

The Maryland State Police Department, USA, yesterday confirmed the
arrest of the Executive Chairman of Udim Local Government in Akwa Ibom
State, Mr. Nse Ntuen, for smuggling $82, 000 into the United States
without declaring itwith the Customs officials both in...
Nigeria and the
US.
Nse Ntuen, was arrested on Friday by operatives of the Maryland State
Police Department at the BWI International Airport, Baltimore.
According to the Police, he declared only$5,000 before the rest of the
money was found in his bag.
He later admitted he truly smuggled the money into the country with
the aim to use it as donations at the just-concluded Annual
International Convention of the Akwa Ibom Indigenes in the United
States and Canada which was held at the Marriot Hotel in Washington,
DC on saturday. Hewas later released after 5 hours in custody and the
money seized.

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