New Delhi: A Nigerian national was arrested at Delhi's Indira Gandhi Airport for "forgery" and carrying "suspicious papers" and a liquid chemical substance, the police said.
The accused was also found to be travelling on forged documents.
On May 2, a Nigerian national was off-loaded from a flight after a scan of his check-in luggage showed a "suspicious" bundle of papers and a bottle containing a chemical substance, the police said.
Efe revealed that he was asked by a Nigerian friend called Tonny, who is based in Kolkata, to get the chemical and "papers of the size of currency notes" from Delhi.
Tonny and Efe had plans to dupe a businessman in Kolkata on the pretext of getting him US dollars for cheap, the police said, adding that the duo would have told the businessman that after being washed in the chemical, the papers would transform into US dollars.
Fourteen bundles with 100 'notes' each and the chemical substance were seized from his possession. The police is going through the CCTV footage to trace the man who handed over the liquid chemical to Efe.
The accused was also found to be travelling on forged documents.
On May 2, a Nigerian national was off-loaded from a flight after a scan of his check-in luggage showed a "suspicious" bundle of papers and a bottle containing a chemical substance, the police said.
Efe revealed that he was asked by a Nigerian friend called Tonny, who is based in Kolkata, to get the chemical and "papers of the size of currency notes" from Delhi.
Advertisement
Tonny and Efe had plans to dupe a businessman in Kolkata on the pretext of getting him US dollars for cheap, the police said, adding that the duo would have told the businessman that after being washed in the chemical, the papers would transform into US dollars.
Advertisement
Fourteen bundles with 100 'notes' each and the chemical substance were seized from his possession. The police is going through the CCTV footage to trace the man who handed over the liquid chemical to Efe.
COMMENTS
Advertisement
Delhi Cops Crack Kidney Sale Racket Operating Across 5 States 22-Year-Old Man Stabbed To Death Over Old Enmity In Delhi's Rohini 50-Year-Old Woman Shot At While Sleeping In Her House In Delhi: Cops In 1st Statement After Outage, CrowdStrike CEO Says... Windows Computers Lead To 'Blue Screen Of Death' Due To CrowdStrike Error Massive Worldwide Microsoft Outage: Flights, Markets, Stock Exchange Down Israel's Occupation Of Palestinian Territory "Illegal": UN Top Court Over 300 Indian Students Return Home As 64 Die In Bangladesh Protests "Unavoidable Circumstances": India Cancels 2 Trains To Bangladesh Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.