Foreigner Arrested Carrying $975,000 in US Currency at JKIA

A Bahrain national was on Friday arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) after he was found in possession of undeclared cash amounting to $975,000 (Sh110,760,000).

Khalid Jameel Saeed was intercepted by Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) custom officers while attempting to board an Egyptian Airlines plane destined for Manama, Bahrain.

Upon interrogations, the suspect said the money was payment for a job he had done. It is reported that the man had unsuccessfully tried to deposit the money in a bank.

The KRA officials were acting on information shared by Financial Report Centre (FRC). 

“The alert was that the passenger had earlier made several attempts to deposit the currency in a bank but had failed,” KRA said in a statement.