The executive chairman of Essien Udim local
government area of Akwa Ibom state, Mr Nse
Ntuen, was arrested at the BWI International
Airport in Baltimore, Maryland on Friday August
16th for smuggling $82, 000 into the US. The
Maryland State Police Department confirmed the
arrest yesterday Sunday August 18th, saying Mr
Ntuen did not declare the money with the US
custom officials. They said he only declared
$5,000, only for an additional $77,000 to be
found in his bag.
Mr Ntuen explained that he brought the money
into the US to donate it at the Annual
International Convention of the Akwa Ibom
Indigenes in the US and Canada which held on
Saturday at the Marriot Hotel in Washington,
DC.
Mr Ntuen was released after five hours in
custody but he didn't leave with the money. The
Maryland State Police Department confiscated it.
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