Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detectives arrested a Pakistani at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on Thursday evening while he was trying to get out of the country.

The man identified as Khalid Jameel Said Ahmed was found in possession of over Sh110 million in cash.

Detectives attached to the Assets Recovery Agency found the cash stacked in bundles and packed in bags.

The detectives who had put a tail on the suspect intercepted him while he was trying to board an aircraft destined for Cairo.

However, according to the DCI, Ahmed could not get a direct flight to Bahrain but found a flight to the country albeit via Cairo that was scheduled for Friday morning.

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“Khalid went to JKIA customs offices to inquire on travel requirements to Bahrain, an archipelago in the southwestern coast of the Persian Gulf. He finally secured a flight to the island via Cairo, scheduled to leave the country today (Friday) morning at 0730hours,” DCI said.

The detectives zeroed in on him and confiscated his luggage where the enormous amount was found stashed in US dollars.

Ahmed could not sufficiently satisfy the detectives with any logical explanation of him having such an amount of money, nor their source.

DCI also revealed Ahmed has been on their surveillance since he landed in the country on January 13, 2022, on a flight from Berlin.

He has also been engaged in some fishy activities since then such as trying to deposit that money at a bank in Mombasa but the bank namely DTB declines.

“Immediately after his arrival, he took a flight to the coastal city of Mombasa for an undisclosed mission. Detectives learnt that Khalid had on January 20, seven days after his arrival, attempted to deposit a huge sum of money at the Mombasa DTB Bank, which the bank declined,” DCI said.

Investigations into Ahmed are still ongoing as he awaits arraignment in court. Assets Recovery Agency is in the process of forfeiting the money recovered from the suspect to the state.