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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