Two Nigerians and an Israeli citizen are currently being detained for smuggling cash worth $9.3 million into South Africa on September 5, South Africa’s City Press newspaper reports.
South African police said the trio smuggled in a a bombadier Challenger 600 with a Nigerian crew and piloted by Captain Tunde Ojongbede.
The jet departed from Abuja and when it arrived South Africa, bundles of unused $100 bills packed in three suitcase were discovered.
Spokesperson of the South African Revenue Service (SARS), Marika Muller in a statement said the money was seized at the Lanseria airport, northwest of Johannesburg
“The passengers’ luggage was searched after Customs officials detected irregularities. The money was detained as it was undisclosed/undeclared and above the prescribed legal limit,”
South African airport security spokesman Solomon Makgale confirmed a police investigation was underway but declined to give details.