A PAKISTANI national and a Zambian female businesswoman have been arrested for being in possession of K3.6 billion wrapped and concealed on the woman’s body.
The Pakistani, Ashfaq Muhammed was also found in possession of K84.9 million, cash, hidden in his car.
The two were believed to have been flying out of the country to Dubai, according to Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) spokesperson Samuel Silomba.
The notes in US currency, equivalent to $705,480, was found wrapped and concealed on Edah Mkandawire’s body who was apprehended at Lusaka’s Kenneth Kaunda International Airport together with Muhammed.
Mr Silomba said in a statement in Lusaka yesterday that, Muhammed and Mkandawire were arrested by DEC officers and charged with being in possession of property suspected to be proceeds of crime.
Muhammed, 30, a business executive of Plot No. 198, Ibex, Lechwe Park in Lusaka, and Mkandawire, 46, a businesswoman of Kabanana, Lusaka, were arrested for contravening section 71 (i) of the Forfeiture of Proceeds of Crime Act number 19 of 2010 of the laws of Zambia.
“The $700,000 cash was wrapped and concealed on Mkandawire’s body who was apprehended at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport enroute to Dubai. The source of this money is believed to be Muhammed,” Mr Silomba said.
The two suspects were expected to appear in court yesterday.
[Times of Zambia]
Ndeloleshafye,,,!
What is the matter with these DEC people? Tabakwata ifyakucita?
ilicipuba, they have arrested some people and you yet you are saying they dont have things to do……
Not clear, what that batch concealed in the her body????? But Pakistanias are dull too mwee, just like Zambians. How can you smuggle such huge amounts in a single trip?
I saw the clip. There were about four layers of money wrapped around her body. The 1st layer was in direct contact with her skin so that layer was held tight by her bras, knickers etc then the 2nd layer above the under garments etc. In the end, that woman looked like a 90kg bag of cotton.
“The two suspects were expected to appear in court yesterday” you courts work in Zambia on Sundays. they must be congratulated for being hard working
in most cases when arrested in such situations you are taken to court the same day but this was not possible since it was a Sunday that’s what the statement means my friend
it isa their money why arresting them they really worked hard for that money leave them
mmmmmmmmmmmm, kulyamofye. why go to the press?? you should have just striken a deal.
some comments leave a lot to be desired, honestly something is wrong here. no one carries legitimate money like that. more money for GRZ. arrest them and send them to jail. these guys think they can do anything here in our country, the lady was just being used but give her the same sentence. Can this guy do this in his own country? they w’d behead him.
:(( its their money shaaa.
You dull creatures which country will allow such a big sum of money smugled out of the country? Why not put that money in a Bank so that it circulates to other people who may want to use it? And you dull creatures support such a criminal act…..what has gone wrong with you Zambians in the diaspora that you can even support a straight criminal act. Really you are dull creactures period.
We praise the PF gonvernment for stoping these thieves from trading in Dollars. Have you seen the money these guys hid is being earthed. More cash for the gonvernment. They are finding it difficulty to take the dollars to Banks but they have no option but to do it. How are they going to trade? So you DECs please increase the survailance so that all the mwenyes and chinese do not take the Dollars out side Zambia. We want those dollars.
Its not only.the other races even the blacks should be sreened they always in the air travelling
She is arrested because the money was ON HER BODY and not IN THE POCKET!!!! The slogan is MORE MONEY IN YOUR POCKET!!!
Yaba ! During the time i hanged out with real thugs.They used to manage to smugle out even triple that amount.Even namu checked in luggage filapita.You hide in a simple place,Ifyobabekatile namona.*fyola*
Truth hates@10. I agree in you calling those supporting the currency smugglers dull creatures.
I mean who in their right mind would support such an act. Some of these thick creatures out there are mere cleaners without an education.
Zambia needs to strengthen electronic banking regulations because moving about with huge amounts of money seems normal in the country. People buy houses in cash involving a lot of money. The two may not even be criminals except they do not know any other way of carrying the money. Introduce Debit and credit cards but without those demonic charges that the banks impose. Balekeni baleya.
Indians, pakistanis and lebanese are externalising Miilions of dollars/month from Zambia. Those are the pipo you wa
You are contradicting yourselves. A businessman can have such money. How is it proceeds of crime when it is busines money to Dubai
ITS ALL ZAMBIAN WOMEN WANTING QUICK MONEY,IF ITS NOT DRUG TRAFFICKIN ITS FAKE MARRIEGES LIKE MZAMOSE ZULU FORMAER DJ MILES….SELFISH SLAGS WHO CANT WORK AND WANT TO GET MOENEY USING THIER PUSSSIES
#16 Mubukwanu Maimbolwa, the problem is not that the businessman can or cannot have it. Its the way it was carried and that it was not declared to airport authorities. Almost everywhere in the world at least the countries i have travel too. they expect anyone with $3000 and above to declare the money.
Fyonse ifi efyo mulelanda ati no body carries legitimate money like that, no country allows carrying such huge amounts of money, kulya mo fye e.t.c fyabufi. Many people carry money in curious ways. i have a friend who transports money after selling his beers mu ma crate. Muno mu calo tabakanya ukusenda indalama ishingi. Takwaba ifunde ilyakanya. You are just as ignorant as ba DEC. Most of you have never traded before. so i forgive you!
u see my friend, what you are saying about your friend carrying money in crates is totally different from what happened here. probably your friend carries this money to the bank and not out of the country. this is where you missed it. business people make a lot of money and the means or method they use to take the money to the bank is there business but when taking money out of the country the story is different. every country has maxmum amount of cash one can carry out of the country. this is done to mantain the economy, because if not a lot of people would be carrying huge amounts of dollars out of the country and this would have a very big negative effect on forex in the country and country’s own currence!
umubili wa ndalama
Gosh! What kind of reporting is this? You K3.6B found on the woman’s “person”? The way you have headlined your story, it is as if the money was found on a woman’s dead body!
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Gosh! What kind of reporting is this? You mean K3.6B found on the woman’s “person”? The way you have headlined your story, it is as if the money was found on a woman’s dead body!
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Even is USa you are only allowed to carry $10,000 on the plane. This is drug money that i why they cant pit it in the bank where it will be traced. Use $700,000 to improve police services.
The level of ignorance in some comments is very disappointing.