NDLEA Arrested Man With 107 ATM Cards Arrested At Murtala Mohammed Airport
36-year-old Turkish airline's
passenger with 107 automated
teller machine (ATM) cards at the
Murtala Muhammed International
Airport (MMIA), Lagos. BUSTED! by
The National Drug Law
Enforcement Agency on Saturday.
The suspect, according to
Vanguard who holds a dual identity,
was apprehended during an outward
screening of the Turkish Airline
passengers to Istanbul, Turkey at the
airport when the cards were
discovered by anti-narcotics officials.
Speaking on the arrest, NDLEA Airport
Commander, Mr Hamza Umar, noted
that the suspect was also arrested
with two international passports with
his photographs but bearing different
names.
"He had a Nigerian passport with the
name Funsho Oladimeji Babatunde
and a Turkish passport with the name
Kosar Kursat both bearing his
photographs. The cards found in his
luggage are 68 Citi Interswitch Master
cards and 39 Citi Interswitch Visa
cards", Hamza stated.
Meanwhile, Chairman of NDLEA,
Ahmadu Giade, has directed that the
suspect be transferred to the
Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) for further
investigation, confirming that the
suspect was caught with the ATM
cards.
The suspect, a native of Iwo in Kwara
State and lives in Surulere, Lagos, told
investigators that he was taking the
cards to a friend in Turkey.
The Ordinary National Diploma (OND)
graduate of Kwara Polytechnic said,
"My friend in Turkey called me that I
should help to send the cards to him
in Istanbul, Turkey. When I collected
the cards in Lagos, I kept them in my
bag but, during search, the officer saw
the cards and took me in for
interrogation. I am an OND graduate of
economics of Kwara Polytechnic" .
passenger with 107 automated
teller machine (ATM) cards at the
Murtala Muhammed International
Airport (MMIA), Lagos. BUSTED! by
The National Drug Law
Enforcement Agency on Saturday.
The suspect, according to
Vanguard who holds a dual identity,
was apprehended during an outward
screening of the Turkish Airline
passengers to Istanbul, Turkey at the
airport when the cards were
discovered by anti-narcotics officials.
Speaking on the arrest, NDLEA Airport
Commander, Mr Hamza Umar, noted
that the suspect was also arrested
with two international passports with
his photographs but bearing different
names.
"He had a Nigerian passport with the
name Funsho Oladimeji Babatunde
and a Turkish passport with the name
Kosar Kursat both bearing his
photographs. The cards found in his
luggage are 68 Citi Interswitch Master
cards and 39 Citi Interswitch Visa
cards", Hamza stated.
Meanwhile, Chairman of NDLEA,
Ahmadu Giade, has directed that the
suspect be transferred to the
Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) for further
investigation, confirming that the
suspect was caught with the ATM
cards.
The suspect, a native of Iwo in Kwara
State and lives in Surulere, Lagos, told
investigators that he was taking the
cards to a friend in Turkey.
The Ordinary National Diploma (OND)
graduate of Kwara Polytechnic said,
"My friend in Turkey called me that I
should help to send the cards to him
in Istanbul, Turkey. When I collected
the cards in Lagos, I kept them in my
bag but, during search, the officer saw
the cards and took me in for
interrogation. I am an OND graduate of
economics of Kwara Polytechnic" .
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