US EditionPortugal Detains Ally of exGuinea-Bissau Leader
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Portugal detains ally of exGuinea-Bissau leader
Portuguese police on Sunday said they had arrested a foreigner who had arrived from military-run Guinea-Bissau for suspected smuggling and money laundering, as local media reported he was a close ally of the African nation's deposed president. The Judicial Police said in a statement that the operation at Lisbon's Figo Maduro military airport early Sunday morning had found around five million euros ($5.9 million) in cash in the detainee's luggage…
Detention took place in the morning of this Sunday at Figo Maduro Military Airport after an anonymous complaint. Suspect is accused of contrabanding and banking capital.
Man, subject to anonymous complaints, was intercepted by the authorities at Figo Maduro airport. He is indicated by crimes of smuggling and banking capital.
Madrid: A close relative of the isolated President of Guinea-Bissau, Amr Sisoko Impalo, was arrested in Portugal with approximately Euro5 million ($5.9 million), only three weeks after the coup d ' état in the State on the West Coast of Africa. The man was taken into custody on Sunday after landing at the Figo Maduro military airport in Lisbon.
It was news that yesterday the Judiciary Police stopped at the military airport of Figo Maduro, in Lisbon, a foreign citizen, near the former president of Guinea-Bissau Sissomo Embalo, who was transporting around five million euros in cash. The man who arrived at a flight from Guinea-Bissau was arrested for suspicion of contrabanding and banking capital. But finally, how can it be transported legally when it is also called liquid money? Content …
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