SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Wednesday November 26, 2014, CMC – A Guyanese national has been arrested by United States law enforcement authorities after a large sum of money was found on a private plane last weekend.
The Puerto Rican newspaper Primera Hora, said Khamraj Lall was detained on November 22 after US$620,000 was found on the plane.
It said US federal agents at the Luis Munoz Marin International Airport detected the money stashed in plastic bags during routine investigations. US authorities require that sums over US$10,000 be reported.
The newspaper said that Lall, who migrated to the United States 30 years ago, was the passenger of the private plane that landed in Isla Verde, according to an affidavit by a federal agent.
The plane had stopped to refuel with the intention of continuing to Guyana according to information from the electronic file of the Federal Court.
Judge Marcos Lopez has issued an arrest warrant for Lall, who now faces charges of falsely filing federal reports and smuggling more than US$600,000.
The Puerto Rican newspaper Primera Hora, said Khamraj Lall was detained on November 22 after US$620,000 was found on the plane.
It said US federal agents at the Luis Munoz Marin International Airport detected the money stashed in plastic bags during routine investigations. US authorities require that sums over US$10,000 be reported.
The newspaper said that Lall, who migrated to the United States 30 years ago, was the passenger of the private plane that landed in Isla Verde, according to an affidavit by a federal agent.
The plane had stopped to refuel with the intention of continuing to Guyana according to information from the electronic file of the Federal Court.
Judge Marcos Lopez has issued an arrest warrant for Lall, who now faces charges of falsely filing federal reports and smuggling more than US$600,000.