Eastern Europe-bound consignment confiscated as police unravel leads on money laundering syndicate involving foreigners

A consignment worth billions (of dollars) has been confiscated by inter-governmental investigative agencies.



Kurunzi cannot reveal the amounts due to the sensitivity and secrecy around the matter.



The cargo was scheduled to depart to an Eastern European capital (from JKIA), but the plan was scuttled by government agencies who got suspicious after intelligence sources started investigating an aircraft that was about to be loaded.



Upon further enquiry, government agents discovered that two men of European descent were the contacts of where the cargo was headed.



“The two gentlemen, one from the US, and the other from Eastern European are said to be shadowy characters and we are already on their trail after pulling their details from immigration and Intelligence agencies,” says a police source, who is part of the team investigating the matter.



According to reliable sources, the two (gentlemen) had been in the country several times in the past one year. A contact, from a Central African country, who is a trustee in the deal and has connections to a powerful general in their army is also in the agencies radar and a warrant of arrest has been issued.



An agent who was to travel (with the consignment Sunday night) and has been organising for the covert operations has also been summoned to police headquarters as he was preparing to leave the country with the consignment tonight.



Police sources say he (the agent) is expected to shed light on the illegal activities.



A police source said: “We have been tracking the consignment from its county of origin and we have also established key players who will soon be arrested and charged in court.



“We have a water tight case against these money laundering activities which could be tied to terrorism and the law must follow it’s course.”