NIPOST INTERCEPTS N83.1bn FAKE FOREIGN CURRENCIES AT IKEJA MAILING CENTRE

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The Acting Postmaster General (PMG), of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST), Mr. Enoch Ade Ogun, said on Monday that the total monetary value of counterfeit financial instruments intercepted at the international mail processing centre in Ikeja, Lagos stood at N83,196, 923,133.24, between January and December of 2015.

The monetary value of the different foreign currencies included 1,112,724,.86 pound sterling, euros 40,427,909.36, US$376,615, 994, .31, and Australian dollars 5,200.00,
The NIPOST boss made the disclosure at ceremony organized by the service to mark its 2016 Pan African Postal Union (PAPU) Day in Abuja.

The ounterfeit instruments, Ogun said, have been deposited with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), while the narcotics containing heroin, cocaine and canabis have been deposited with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for further laboratory test and for possible arrest.

The PMG added that the discovery was made because of the physical inspection of over 500 scam letters containing various negotiable counterfeit financial instruments gong either through or coming into the country. According to him, the international passports have also been deposited with the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS).

Other items intercepted according to him, include: 848 pieces of fake cheques, 2393 pieces of money orders, 147 pieces of postal orders and 30 pieces of international passports in addition to 167.5 Kg of narcotics.

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