EFCC ARRAIGNS AUSTRIAN FOR UNDECLARED $800,585, €651,505 AT LAGOS AIRPORT. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 EFCC Arraigns Austrian For Undeclared $800,585, €651,505 At Lagos Airport The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, Okotie Eboh, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, January 9, 2026, arraigned one  Kavlak Onal, an Austrian national arrested by the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, for allegedly failing to declare the sums of $800,575 and €651,505 in his possession. He was arraigned before Justice Yelim Bogoro of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi , Lagos.  Onal who was scheduled to travel on Emirates Airline to Dubai, was on Tuesday, December 16, 2025 intercepted  during a routine check at the AML/ CFT Currency Declaration Desk at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.

OPERATION VELVET: FCT POLICE RAIDS BLACK SPOT, ARREST 307 SUSPECTS. (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE


 FCT COMMAND TODAY


OPERATION VELVET: FCT POLICE RAIDS BLACK SPOT, ARREST 307 SUSPECTS.



...as CP declares; it will not be business as usual again.


The Commissioner of Police FCT, CP Benneth C. Igweh psc, mni, on 11/02/2024 at about 11:30 PM, personally led the  tactical teams of the Command in the newly launched operation velvet to raid a marked black spot,  Gidan Dambe in Dei-Dei -Zuba axisand arrested three hundred and seven (307) suspects.


During search, one English Pistol with fifteen (15) rounds of 9mm ammunition was recovered from one Ibrahim Tukur who claimed to be a DSS personnel. Other exhibits such as Motorcycles, wraps of marijuana, illicit substances and valuables reasonably suspected to have have been stolen from innocent residents were equally recovered.


While suspects are still undergoing screening, the Commissioner of Police FCT, CP Benneth Igweh psc, mni, wishes to inform the members of the public of operation velvet, which was launched on 10/02/2024, comprising all the Tactical teams of the Command to curb all forms of vehicular criminality and other crimes in the Territory. The Commissioner of Police further cautions officers against extortion of residents and to  adopt professionalism in the  discharge of their lawful duties, as security of the populace remains his utmost priority.


He equally urges residents to report suspicious activities through the following emergency lines ; 08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653, and 08028940883; PCB: 09022222352.


SP Josephine Adeh, Anipr,

Police Public Relations Officer,

For: The Commissioner of Police FCT, Abuja.

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