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LUSAKA. – Zambia’s anti-money laundering and drug trafficking body has seized close to US$6 million in cash at the main airport in the capital, Lusaka.
Also seized were five pistols, seven magazines, 126 rounds of ammunition, 602 pieces of suspected gold weighing 127kg and equipment used for measuring gold.
The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) received a tip-off that a chartered aircraft carrying dangerous goods had landed at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport on Sunday evening, according to the body’s director general Nason Banda.
Acting on this information the DEC together with officers from various Law Enforcement Agencies conducted an operation at the airport.
The DEA said it has detained 10 suspects, including a Zambian, in connectionwith the contraband
Banda said it is certain that the US dollars are genuine and they have been placed in the safe custody of the Bank of Zambia.
“The commission has since seized the Global Express T7-WW on which the items were found and another aircraft belonging to a local airline whose make is King Air B190.The 10 suspects including a Zambian, have been detained awaiting further investigations,” he said in statement. – BBC.com
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