Police at Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) on Monday arrested a 43-year-old Nigerian national for attempting to externalise US$7,000 (about MK5 million) which was hidden in his hand luggage.
KIA police spokesperson Sapulain Chitonde Lee has identified the man as Egemonye Christian Chinedu, a holder of a Nigerian Passport number A05010761.
Chinedu was apprehended inside the Departures Lounge at the airport in Lilongwe as he was waiting to board a Nigeria-bound Kenyan Airways flight.
According to Chitonde, the suspect was physically searched by Police officers manning the checkpoint and the said US$7,000) was found.
However when he was asked to show supporting documents, he failed to provide evidence from authorised Forex dealers.
“In his defence, Christian said he got the money in Tete Mozambique where he operates a clothing shop. He claimed that unspecified officers at the border (Mozambique, Malawi) told him not to worry about the cash. He said the advice made him to overlook the paperwork process because it implied that there would be no problem to travel out with the money,” Chitonde told Malawi24.
Currently, the suspect is in Police custody and is expected to appear in court to answer charges of illegal possession of foreign currency and attempting to externalise forex.
Egemonye Chinedu Christian comes from Nnewi in Lagos, Nigeria. But he has lived in Tete, Mozambique, for the past three years.
Mubwezeleni ndalama ndizake ife bwanji timafika ndi Rand kumene bwaa osabela ndizake
Have the police ,MRA and cadets been to his house too,I wonder? Will he be kidnapped too after that?Malawians lets not play double standards if those are police standard practice to be observed.
Malawi will never change,why not drug trafficking.
I was disappointed I had my connection flight and I had 10 000dollers but with receipts and I was going for orders they where hard on me I had to produce a 20dollers for the police officer to let go of me
5million what is that
Ndalamazo zake chomugwirila ndichani osakagwira bwanji Anaba ndalama zaboma aja
Koma Malawi sazatheka
kkkkk foreign currency and he is also a foreigner kkkkk zoseketsa musiyeni azipota
Stupid
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Ziko lililonse lili ndi malamulo pankhani yandalama ngati simumaziwa
ndi ufulu wake kukhala ndi ndalama imene iyeyo akuifuna.mpaseni ndalama yake azipita.
Stupid law
MUPENI NDALAMA ZAKE
Njateni basi
BLOODCLOT,BOMBOCLOT DUMB ASS GOVERNMENT…
Chinedu was born in 1971 & he’s still 43,, …
It is Malawi, that has a problem. A foreign National who is in transit can not be treated like that. The government of Malawi has no authority what so ever to confisicate international currency from international Travellers. This money must be given back to the owner without condition and let him travel to his home. Delays will only tarnish Malawi image on international map.
Intransit from where to where
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Apolice akumalawi ndi akuba
Mmmmm dziko lochititsa manyazi
$7000 small amount of money for someone travelling why are you doing bad things to tourist.give him back his $7000 apm dis is nigeria wooo
Jail them
You pple just take that money and buy sugar which is not found in the shops kkkkkkkkk Ana amwe tea
mukuyankhula chifukwa simudayambe mwapitapo kunja kwa Malawi ayi funsani anthu odziwa za malamulo amayendedwe akuzani mene zimakhalila munthu ukamafuna kutipita kunja kuti ndalama umakazitenga kuti
Zokhala zakee hii
Point of correction peter Mutharika amugwira atapezeka ndi Rand ochuluka ku Sandton jozz
gv him back his money u robbers
Why arresting him…do we use dollas in Malawi? Or even u want us to carry kwachas when we go out for business
Ku Malawi i think we are somehow stupid mumatigwira ndi ma dollars pa airport tikupita kukaoda do you think tkamapita kumaoeder tizipita ndi miyala that’s why sitizalemera anzathu ma naiburing countries akugula ndege .za mbili coz onse akuthawa zanuzo flight kukayambila ku .tz or Zambia even 100000 us munthu safunsidwa poor malawians wake up
U need civil education mayi
…panja school yanu munalekeza pati
Hahaha.
It is only Malawi doing that in the whole world. It is because of ignorance and poverty.
Mutha kunyamula hundred thousand dollars vuto palibe koma muyenela kukhala ndi umboni kapena kuti chilolezo
Go deeper mum
So what?
Koma inu apolice ndinu opusa kombiri,5 millions ndi ndalama imeneyo? And more over its his own money ,mukungowadiya anthu akuba mkumalimana ndi anthu osalakwa bwanji?mudzamwalira imfa yowawa
Zandalama simuziziwa
Ndimaziziwa chifukwa ndakhala ndikulowa komanso kutuluka mdziko lamalawi ndi cash yoposela ka 5million ko
Kkkkk tell him
KOMA MALAWI KANDALAMA KOCHEPA ngat KAMENEKO KUMUMANGILA MUTHU
Mtayeni ameneyu ndalamazo ndi zake katengeni chaponda uku
Ma Nigeria akuzolowera kuba kwambiri,ndi anthu amene akusokoneza mmu Africamuno.Ameneyo asasiyidwe akhala zaka 10 kenako mumtumize kwao.
Mmmmmm ndinu okwiya man kikikiki
Mukulankhula mosazindikira akulu. Why does Malawi own international airport and treat passengers in transit like that ? It is theft and brutality
Koma kumeneko mwasala pang’ono kuwona zakuda
Nde mupita nazo kuti mukamulanda ma dollars -wo tichedwepo pamenepa
International passanger for that matter !
Mangani zimenezi..zikiononga dziko lathu la mpaka ndi uchili!!!
Ulankhula choncho chifukwa choti udangobadwa ndi kulira ku Malawi sudayende ukapita kutali ndi ku chimbudzi
ndizomwe ndikudabwa nawo anthuwa akazapanga ulendo wopita kunja ndipomwe azadziwe ndondomeko ndozoyendela pansewu kaoena pandege sadziwa kuti imeneyo ndi money londaring ayi
Wakhoza..good pa good,,khala pansi!!
Elias Salisbury Salisbury,exactly..amachita dala zamadulira..Pali ndondomeko zo yenera zomwe ayenera kutsatila…they choose to do otherwise dala!!
ine kwathu kumulanje boarder nkhani zonga ngati izo zimapita ku court same day or mawalake ndipo umakapatsidwa transport yokha munthu yopita kwanu basi or ndalamayo itakhala yakunja or yamalawi nkhni ndiyoti ukagule ku bank basi mu passport mwako mukhale chilolezo Chanukah bank komangati sutero ndalamazo umayenela kulandidwa mwandondomeko.
Exactly bro!!!????
Kkkkkkk kodi mkaka ndi uchi ulikuti kumalawi kuno? Oh sorry ndinaiwala uliko koma ufulawo achina chaponda amadyela konko
Mkaka ndi uchi, mukunena ku
Malawi?? MANYAKA!!!!! Kusayenda or chani inu abale?
I think mwina analibe ma reciept a ku bank ndi stamp ya ku bank yosonyeza kuti ndalamazo ndi zake, malingana ndi malamulo kuyenda ndi ndalama yochuluka ngati imeneyo popand makalata ndi mlandu kwina kulikonse
Clever Masache. I can’t wedge any verbal war with u coz..u seem to be brainless!!!!
Kodi kusunga ndalama zambiri zakunja mu mnyumba ndimulandu kapena ayi ngatiti ndimulandu bwanji chaponda sakumangidwa???
Chaponda ali pamukhate aise..amangidwa bwanji?
Mutayeni uyo ndalama ndizake,, mangani kaye chaponda
Chaponda amangidwa liti?? Omwe anapha issah njauju amangidwa liti?? Omwe anapha head master waku rumphi ndi banja lakewo ndikuwadula mitu muwagwira liti??
Akulimbana ndi zãzi