The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has given the full account of its invasion of the Bureau D Change in Enugu, the capital of Enugu State, saying that Commission in conjunction with a Joint Task Force comprising five teams from the Nigeria Police Force and three teams from the Nigeria Customs Service on Wednesday, February 21, 2024, arrested 115 suspected currency racketeers in the state.
According to the Commission in a statement, the arrested suspects comprising 113 males and two females were arrested in a sting operation at Owerri Road, Ogui, Enugu State, following credible intelligence about some bureau de change operators, currency speculators and street hawkers operating illegal foreign exchange markets in that environment.
Items recovered from them include N110,700,000.00, $8,368.00, £145.00, €2,725, 900 South African Rands, 32,000.00 CFA, 100 Turkiya, and 500 Bank Mozambique currencies in different denominations.
The Commission stated that a safe abandoned by one of the street hawkers was also recovered.
Preliminary investigation showed that some of the suspects, who would soon be charged to court are foreigners from Niger Republic.
