The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFVC) in conjunction with a Joint Task Force comprising five teams from the Nigeria Police Force and three teams from the Nigeria Customs Service on Wednesday, February 21, 2024 arrested 115 suspected currency racketeers in Enugu State.
The suspects comprising 113 males and two females were arrested in a sting operation at Owerri Road, Ogui, Enugu State, by the operatives of the Enugu Zonal Command.
The agency in a statement posted on its Facebook page on Wednesday stressed that their arrest
followed a credible intelligence about some bureau de change operators, currency speculators and street hawkers operating illegal foreign exchange markets in that environment.
It added: “Items recovered from them include: N110, 700,000.00; $8,368. £145.00; €2,72
; 500 Bank Mozambique currencies in different denominations.
It noted that a safe abandoned by one of the street hawkers was also recovered.
He said preliminary investigation showed that some of the suspects are foreigners from Niger Republic and would soon be charged to court.
