Operatives of the of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, yesterday arrested a Bureau De Change operator and five other suspected money laundering syndicate for swallowing $156,000 (N31, 083, 000.00) at Excel Oriental Hotel along Airport Road, Lagos.

The six suspects were arrested in the hotel while they were busy swallowing the large sums of money with the intention of exporting $156,000 to Brazil.

Speaking on the arrest, the chairman of NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade, said the six suspected members of the group, including a Bureau de Change operator, had been apprehended in connection with swallowing $156,000.

Alhaji Giade further pointed out that the agency would track down suspected drug traffickers and currency launderers in a bid to rid the society of crimes.

According to him, operators of bureau de change who fail to work within the confines of the law establishing them shall be severely sanctioned.

Meanwhile, NDLEA Commander, Joint Task Force, JTF, Mr. Adeniyi Muyiwa, gave the names of the suspects as Nwokenta Kingsley, 37, a Bureau de change operator, also known as Buchito; Onwuasoanya Augustine Chukwuemeka, 54, who lives in Brazil and Christian Okoli Ifor, 35, based in Brazil.

Others are Nwokenta Emmanuel Maduakolam, 31; Ezenwa Ikenna, 28, a specialist in wrapping; and Ezenwa Uzoma, a 33-year-old hotel manager.

He stressed that an interim investigation report by the anti-narcotics agency revealed that Mr. Nwokenta Kingsley, a.k.a Buchito was the brain behind the suspected criminal act.

According to Mr. Muyiwa, Mr. Kingsley allegedly supplied $120,000 to be swallowed and illicitly exported to Brazil.

He said: “Onwuasoanya Augustine Chukwuemeka swallowed 74 wraps of dollars amounting to one hundred and eleven thousand ($111,000). Christian Okoli Ifor who resides in Brazil had forty-five thousand dollars which he wanted to swallow. Nwokenta Emmanuel who is the manager of Amazon Bureau de Change played a supportive role in the alleged crime. Ezenwa Ikenna was hired to wrap the money.

SOURCE: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/09/money-laundering-ndlea-arrests-6-for-swallowing-156000/

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Wow!
I'm so curious as to how they swallowed the money.

Roll them, or fold up the bills, wrap them in plastic and swallow with ogbono or okro soup?
How many bills could they swallow, doing it this way....I still don't see how they could do this. I'd puke if I try it once, much less multiple times.

kwenu ! y a a a a

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Hmmm...
wonder will never end.
that is about over 15-16 bundles of 100 dollar bills.
divided by 6 persons that means each person swallowed about 2.6 bundles. ( 2 bundles and a half ) approximately
In a bundle we have 100 pieces of 100 dollar notes.
so if each person swallowed approximately 2.6 bundles that means my fellow Nigerian brothers swallowed 250+ notes each.
Nigeria to Brazil is about 8 hours 25 mins flight + luagage and checking out of airport and movement to hotel (destination) time = 10hrs aleast.
weight of 1 dollar is about 1g so each person was carrying 260g + packaging and wrappings for at least 10hrs!
meaning they wont eat or drink through out the journey

Wow...the hursle is for real menh!

These people from eastern germany no dey carry last sha

The six suspects were arrested in the hotel while they were busy swallowing the large sums of money with the intention of exporting $156,000 to Brazil.

Swallowing money? Wonders shall never end...

latest format. rap it like cocaine and it will be in capsule form then swallow with draw draaaaw soup . vomit and deposit into your foreign bank account simple

OAMMB:
Hmmm...
wonder will never end.
that is about over 15-16 bundles of 100 dollar bills.
divided by 6 persons that means each person swallowed about 2.6 bundles. ( 2 bundles and a half ) approximately
In a bundle we have 100 pieces of 100 dollar notes.
so if each person swallowed approximately 2.6 bundles that means my fellow Nigerian brothers swallowed 250+ notes each.
Nigeria to Brazil is about 8 hours 25 mins flight + luagage and checking out of airport and movement to hotel (destination) time = 10hrs aleast.
weight of 1 dollar is about 1g so each person was carrying 260g + packaging and wrappings for at least 10hrs!
meaning they wont eat or drink through out the journey

Wow...the hursle is for real menh!

These people from eastern germany no dey carry last sha

Your last line is not actually necessary!!