Mystery plane carrying gold, weapons, and cash from Cairo lands in Zambia

Jerusalem Post ^ | 8/19/23 | Yuval Barnea

[Roman_War_Criminal]

The flight of money from Egypt has become a growing concern as many wealthy individuals seek to move money out of Egypt and keep their fortunes out of the eyes of the authorities.

The Zambian Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) intercepted an aircraft carrying five million dollars in cash and over 100kg of suspected gold at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport near the capital Lusaka on August 14, according to several sources.

Found on the plane were $5,697,700 in cash, five pistols, seven magazines, 126 rounds of ammunition, 602 pieces of suspected gold weighing 127.7 kg, and equipment for measuring gold. Later, Zambian authorities determined that the pieces were not pure gold and were in fact mixed with zinc, copper, and nickel.

The Zambian DEC announced it had arrested 10 individuals, including one Zambian, one Spanish national, one Dutch national, one Latvian national, and six Egyptian nationals for possession of dangerous goods.

[Roman_War_Criminal]

[DoughtyOne]

Their president isn’t Obambi, so who knows what’s going on?

[Celtic Conservative]

Not just gold, but debased gold.

CC

[Bounced2X]

Shoot, a fella could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff!

[Roman_War_Criminal]

Something is going on in Africa. Russia, China, and the US meddling. Here's the recent "Coup Belt". Yes I get it, it's wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup_Belt

[TribalPrincess2U]

Help for their trip to America.

[DoughtyOne]

Smile... could be.

[DoughtyOne]

Interesting though. I hadn’t pictured it like that.

Thanks.

[KarlInOhio]

Lawyers, Guns and Money by Warren Zevon

[Roman_War_Criminal]

There’s definitely a power play there.

Nigeria was about to invade several nations until “Wagner” went in. They got cold feet.

[PeterPrinciple]

Later, Zambian authorities determined that the pieces were not pure gold and were in fact mixed with zinc, copper, and nickel.

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Who is zooming who?

[ought-six]

“Shoot, a fella could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff!”

The original script had Dallas instead of Vegas. But, because the JFK assassination was still fresh in everyone’s minds the dialogue was changed to say Vegas.

[ought-six]

Interesting.

[Bounced2X]

The original script had Dallas instead of Vegas.

Yep. I know. Just put up what made it to the screen so anyone that knows the movie knows that line. Good info though for those who weren't aware of that. :O)

[ought-six]

And it’s one of my favorite movies. A classic.

[Bounced2X]

And it’s one of my favorite movies. A classic.

Agree. I have it on DVD. I was 8 when it came out. So I got to live through that time. Course it was few years later that I watched it for the 1st time. My 6 year sister was a more immediate problem than nukes. ;O)

[piasa]

Speaking of Zambia:

Russia asked to explain how Zambian student jailed in Moscow wound up dead on Ukraine battlefield
Reuters / National Post ^ | Nov. 15, 2022 | Chris Mfula
Posted on 11/16/2022, 7:13:24 AM by canuck_conservative

The Zambian student was serving a jail sentence at a medium security prison on the outskirts of Moscow after being convicted of contravening Russian law, Kakubo said, without specifying the offense that occurred in April 2020.

“The Zambian government has requested the Russian authorities to urgently provide information on the circumstances under which a Zambian citizen, serving a prison sentence in Moscow, could have been recruited to fight in Ukraine,” Kakubo said...

[Antihero101607]

The Coup Belt is about as high as Gerald Nadler’s belt.

[DoughtyOne]

Good...

[piasa]

Uranium...