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Customs nab Dubai-bound passenger with 2,886 ATM cards
TRACKING___The Murtala Muhammed Airport Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has apprehended a suspect in possession of 2,886 Automated Teller Machine(ATM) cards, which it has handed over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
Daily Times gathered that the suspect was caught at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, where he had attempted to board an Emirates evacuation flight to Dubai.
Deputy Controller of Customs, MMIA Area Command, Abdulmumin Bako, disclosed this while handing over the suspect to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Lagos.
He said the suspect was apprehended during outward screening of passengers.
Bako further disclosed that as at the time of arrest, the suspect, who identified himself as lshaq Abubakar Abubakar, was in possession of international passport number A08333717 and arrived Lagos from Kano State.
“At about 11:45 am on August 22, 2020, at the departure hall Gate “B’ of the MMIA, Abubakar with passport number A08333717 from Kano State travelling to Dubai via Emirates flight was intercepted with 2,863 ATM and four SIM cards by our officers on duty.
“The ATM cards and SIM cards were carefully concealed in noodles carton,” he said.
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