A 46-year-old man has been arrested by Kenya authorities after attempting to travel with gold bars worth $1 million.
Kenya Revenue Authority officials intercepted gold at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi. Reports said at least 32,255.50 grams of gold bars and an accompanying invoice of the amount were found on a 46-year-old Tanzanian man.
The suspect was allegedly arrested following intelligence alert after arriving at JKIA on February 16.
He was on board Precision Airlines from Mwanza via Kilimanjaro and was heading to Dubai aboard Kenya Airways.
The unidentified man was seized by KRA customs officers and a team of security agencies attached to the airport. The gold bars are in the custody of KRA’s Customs and Border Control as police continue with investigations.
