According to a press release from the Ministry of the Interior distributed this Monday to the press, the fact occurred on Sunday, when the 39-year-old Guinean citizen tried to embark with the aforementioned quantities of money and gold hidden in a black bag.
The note emphasizes that these facts constitute currency transgression, by limits and exit of values, in the framework of the Angolan exchange policy, as well as crimes of illegal possession and trafficking of strategic minerals.
The values have already been deposited in the Single Account, at the order of the National Bank of Angola, while further investigations are ongoing.