Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, 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, 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, following credible intelligence about some bureau de change operators, currency speculators and street hawkers operating illegal foreign exchange markets in that environment.
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Items recovered from them include: N110, 700,000.00, $8,368.00, £145.00, €2,725 and 900 South African Rands
The joint task force also recovered 32,000.00 CFA, 100 Turkiya, and 500 Bank Mozambique currencies in different denominations, in addition to a safe abandoned by one of the street hawkers.
EFCC revealed Preliminary investigation showed that some of the suspects are foreigners from Niger Republic.
They would be charged to court as soon as investigation is concluded.
