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Woman insists $20,000 seized at Dublin Airport was to purchase ‘human hair’ in Amsterdam

Judge orders cash was intended for illicit purposes

PATRICK COUNIHAN,

IrishCentral Staff Writer

Published Monday, December 3, 2012, 8:29 AM

Updated Monday, December 3, 2012, 10:00 AM

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Woman claims her bag of cash was to be used to purchase human hair in Amsterdam

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A woman has claimed that $20,000 in cash seized from her at Dublin Airport was intended to purchase ‘human hair’ in Amsterdam.

Dublin’s Circuit Criminal Court heard that the cash has been forfeited to the state.

The woman, Dumbei Brenda Okonjo, and a male associate Anthony Osomade, appeared before the court to oppose the application for the forfeiture of the cash.

The court heard that the money was found in Okonjo’s baggage ahead of her flight to Amsterdam in 2010.

She claimed she was on her way to buy ‘human hair’ when questioned by customs officers.

But the Irish independent reports that judge Martin Nolan said he had grave doubts about the credibility of the respondents.

He pointed to the contradictory nature of their explanations and Osomade’s tardiness in offering an explanation six months after the seizure.

Judge Nolan said he was satisfied that the money was for an illicit purpose and ordered its forfeiture.

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merefalow | Dec 05, 2012, 04:40 PM EST

of course it was for hair,what else would you buy with that sort of money in hamsterjam.was she going bald?did she own a salon,?.was it a case of hair today gone tomorrow,was she a redhead.went out with one once,no hair,just a red head.

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WoundedKnee | Dec 03, 2012, 02:16 PM EST

Wonder was that the Irish welfare money being sent home. Or maybe money from the proceeds of human trafficking? Fact is that the Irish are being taken by a ride by some of their foreign migrants. A relative of mine told me how she saw an African woman picking up wads of welfare money in the Post Office. 20 minutes later she saw the same woman in Pennys department store buying clothing by the basket load--50 T-shirts, 100 bras, 40 pairs of sandals--that sort of thing. The Africans ship container loads of clothes back to Africa, where clothes are very expensive. They buy the goods using their Irish welfare money. The scams by foreign migrants--by no means all Africans--are the Elephant in the Room in Ireland, and even now the spineless Irish media don't want to touch it.

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