About $11 million in cash was seized at the main airport by Authorities in the country of Zambia’s capital, Lusaka.
DEC Director General, Nason Banda, said over US$5million, five pistols, seven magazines, 126 round of ammunition, 602 pieces of suspected gold weighing 127.2kilogrammes and equipment used for measuring gold have been seized.
Addressing journalists in Lusaka on Tuesday, Banda said the Bank of Zambia had taken into safe custody over US$5million while the Ministry of Mines and Minerals Development had also taken into custody the sized gold for verification.
According to Nason Banda, the was tipped off that a chartered plane carrying hazardous materials had landed at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport on Sunday night.
He said the Commission had detained 10 persons, which included six Egyptians, Spanish, Dutch, Navishani and a Zambian national. Banda said the number of suspects was likely to increase
“The Commission has since seized the Global Express T7-WW on which the above items were found and another aircraft belonging to a local airline whose make is King Air B190.The 10 suspects including a Zambian, have been detained awaiting further investigations,” he said in a press statement.
He added that the Commission had since seized the Global Express T7-WW on which the items were found and another aircraft belonging to a local airline whose make is King Air B190.
Banda said the ten suspects had been detained awaiting further investigations.