Mozambique: Police Seize 40 Million Meticais in Cash

Maputo — The Mozambican police and the Attorney-General’s Office (PGR) on Saturday seized over 40 million meticais in banknotes (625,000 US dollars at the current exchange rate) from a Maputo residence.

According to a note from the Central Office for the Fight against Organised and Transnational Crime (GCCCOT), a specialist branch of the PGR, it was not possible to count such large sums of money on the spot, and so the cash was taken to the PGR headquarters.

There the money was counted in the…