Mr Ntuen was released after five hours in custody but he didn't leave
with the money. The Maryland State Police Department confiscated it.
Mr Ntuen explained that he brought the money into the US to donate it at the Annual International Convention of the
Akwa Ibom Indigenes in the US and Canada which held on Saturday at
the Marriot Hotel in Washington, DC.
On Friday August 16th at the BWI International
Airport in Baltimore,Maryland, the executive chairman of Essien Udim local government area of
Akwa Ibom state, Mr Nse Ntuen was arrested for smuggling $82,
000 into the US. The Maryland State Police Department confirmed the
arrest yesterday Sunday August 18th, saying Mr Ntuen did not declare the
money with the US custom officials. They said he only declared $5,000,
only for an additional $77,000 to be found in his bag.
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