Captain Smart gives breakdown of $2.5billion worth of monies, gold bars seized by National Security

Speaking in a viral video clip from his morning show on Onua TV, the popular presenter refuted assertions that the boxes of monies found in the containers were all fake notes.

He indicated that the information he has pointed to the fact that not all the monies in the boxes in the intercepted containers were fake.

He went on to describe how some fake notes were used to hide billions of real money in the containers.

“The dimension of the wooden box is 50 down by 10. So, each box has $10,000 multiplied by 50. The wooden boxes are usually 3 – there is a 1st box, a 2nd box, and a 3rd box. And so, when you take the 1st box, after packing $20 million, they seal it with plastic and cover it, they pack another $20 million and seal it with the plastic… if it is thieves who are doing the packing, they intentionally reduce the last $20 million to $10 million and put fake currencies on the top.

“So, when you pick the money and you are counting, you would think they are all counterfeit. No policeman should come and tell us that the monies are counterfeit,” he said in the Twi dialect.

Captain Smart went on to say that per his calculations, the dollars found in the container are worth $2.5 billion.

“Every wooden box of any currency that is shipped contains about GH¢100 million. So, we have 100 million multiplied by 25 – $100 million multiplied by 25. This gives us $2.5 billion. There is $2.5 billion in these containers, they belong to someone,” he said.

Background:

National security officers intercepted a massive stash of counterfeit US dollars, Ghanaian cedi notes, and suspected gold bars hidden in 12 shipping containers at a warehouse in Sapeiman, Accra.

According to multiple news reports on X, two containers are still missing, and a manhunt has been launched for suspects, including a ringleader known as Alhaji.

The containers were tracked to a warehouse around Sapeiman in the Ga South Municipality, where a special late-night operation was conducted following a tip-off.

The unspecified amount of US dollars and Ghana cedis seized by the security officials including counterfeits were hidden in twelve 20ft shipping containers.

The fake currencies, mostly bundles of US dollars, were found in wooden boxes covered with cement.

Additional currencies suspected to be counterfeit were discovered stashed in the boxes, which were sealed with plywood and covered with charcoal.

Two containers were still unaccounted for but were being tracked.

Boxes of metals suspected to be gold bars and fake Ghana Army uniforms and boots were also found.

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