Customs hands over $578,000 seized from passenger at Lagos Airport to EFCC

anding over the foreign currency to the EFCC in Lagos on Friday, the Comptroller in charge of (MMIA) Command, Effiong Harrison said that the money was falsely declared by the passenger at the airport. Harrison, who handed over the intercepted currency following the directive of the Comptroller General of Customs (CGC), Bashir Adeniyi, said the suspect’s action was in contravention of the provisions of Money Laundering Prohibition Act 2011. The command head said the passenger’s International Passport and other relevant documents were also handed over to the EFCC for necessary action.