Crime
Customs officers reject $150K bribe from suspects smuggling fake $6m notes out of the country
Some officers of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, rejected a whopping sum of $150K bribe from die-hard smugglers to stop the smuggling of $6 million fake dollar notes intercepted at Seme border out of the country.
It is reported that Customs officers of Seme Border Command had on January 31, 2023, intercepted $6 million fake currency bills at Gbaji Customs check point in Lagos. They also seized the international passports of the fake currency syndicate operating in the axis.
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Customs Area Controller of the Command, Comptroller Dera Nnadi revealed this while displaying the fake currencies to journalists at Seme Border command on Thursday during a press briefing. He also confirmed that the seizure was made at Gbaji checkpoint.
According to him, the smugglers had offered the customs officers a bribe of $150K authentic dollar notes but he said the bribe was rejected by the officers.
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