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The Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC) on Friday introduced the arrest of two Chinese language siblings and two Nigerians for trying to export stable minerals with out the required permits.
A press release by the anti-graft company by the Head Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, stated the suspects had been recognized as Wang Jiang and Wang Richard, Donatus Agupusi and Michael Benneth Agu.
In response to the assertion, Wang Jiang was apprehended on the Akanu Ibiam Worldwide Airport in Enugu after suspicious stones, believed to be stable minerals, had been present in his baggage through the maintain baggage screening.
In the meantime, the remainder, together with two Nigerians, Donatus Agupusi and Michael Benneth Agu, had been arrested on the Enugu Zonal Directorate of the EFCC the assertion famous.
Their arrest the assertion famous adopted an intelligence obtained by the Fee by means of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on November 3, 2024 involving “Jiang who was intercepted on the maintain baggage screening level, the place unidentified suspicious stones believed to be stable minerals wrapped in three completely different items had been found in his baggage.”
“Preliminary investigations into the matter revealed that Agupusi, proprietor of Nice Wall Development Restricted, is the employer of the remaining suspects. Investigation additionally revealed that Jiang was trying to journey in a foreign country with the stable minerals in an effort to perform some checks on them in China.
“Investigations additional revealed that not one of the 4 suspects had a allow to export the stable minerals to China.
“The suspects shall be charged to court docket as quickly as investigations are concluded,” the assertion famous.
The EFCC’s swift motion highlights their dedication to combating unlawful mining and exportation of stable minerals in Nigeria.
The Bureau Newspaper stories that this incident isn’t remoted, because the EFCC has made comparable arrests up to now.
As an example, Yang Chao and Xiao Jiang, two Chinese language nationals, had been arrested in Ilorin for suspected unlawful mining actions.
These arrests reveal the EFCC’s efforts to curb unlawful actions and defend Nigeria’s pure assets.
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