New seizure of devises at Algiers airport. This time, two passengers were caught in the bag by the police with nearly 136,000 euros in the luggage when they were about to fly to Istanbul, Algerian police said on Monday.
The two women were in possession of 120,400 euros and 1,880 US dollars, “hidden in their luggage and clothing to smuggle them,” said the same source. Algerian exchange regulations require declare and justify the provenance any sum by devises greater than 1,000 euros at the exit of the territory.
The police survey revealed that the two women “arrested were involved in an organized criminal network specializing in silver traffic, money laundering and illegal imports of goods of foreign origin”. It made it possible to discover a real Ali Baba cave where the products imported illegally imported by the arrested suspects.
Algiers airport: two arrested women, a dismantled criminal network
“A search made in residences and two warehouses operated by members of the organized network, under the supervision of the competent regional prosecutor, allowed the arrest of four suspects,” said the Algerian police.
This search enabled the seizure of more than 5,000 units of various goods of foreign origin imported without authorization: cosmetics, car spare parts, clothing and foodstuffs.
The police also got their hands on “16,200 euros and nearly 1.58 million dinars from the crime product”. The suspects were brought before the public prosecutor at the Dar El Beida court in Algiers.
