Authorities in Zambia have seized a private plane transporting $5.7 million, 602 pieces of suspected gold and five pistols with 126 rounds of ammunition.
Ten people, including one Zambian, six Egyptians and a Dutch citizen, are in custody.
“The aircraft was from Cairo, Egypt, and it was heading for Zambia … and it was supposed to fly back again to Egypt. This is what we have now,” the Drug Enforcement Commission’s (DEC) director general Nason Banda told a press conference in the capital Lusaka.
The Drug Enforcement Commission acquired information that a chartered aircraft carrying dangerous goods had landed at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport on August 13 ” the DEC said in a statement.
“Acting on this information, we, together with officers from various law enforcement agencies, conducted an operation which resulted in the seizure of five pistols, seven magazines, 126 rounds of ammunition, 602 pieces of suspected gold weighing 127.2kg and equipment for measuring gold.”
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