 Various law enforcement agencies conducted an operation on Monday 14th August 2023 at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport. The operation, ladies and gentlemen, resulted in a seizure of various items. Perhaps most important to mention is that this particular aircraft was seized by ourselves and other law enforcement officers. We also put in our docks as a law of K-9 in Virginia. They went on the aircraft to ensure that we know what was in there. And this is what we seized from the aircraft to start with. A total sum of 5,697,700 United States dollars. 5,697,700 United States dollars. On the same aircraft, we also seized 5 firearms, namely pistols. We also seized 7 magazines. Magazines are those items we put in the rounds before loading onto a firearm. We also seized 156 rounds of ammunition. In addition to that, we also seized 602 pieces of suspected gold weighing 107.2 kgs. We also seized equipment that is used for measuring gold. I'm sorry for verifying, but this is gold, it's not gold. They had that equipment on board. What is important to note here, ladies and gentlemen, is that as regards the suspected gold, we had the Minister of Mines personnel with us, but they just did their presumptive test, so they will now get down to verify what kind of body it is, or if it's gold at all. As regards the money, we are sitting at these German dollars because the Bank of Zambia came in and they are the ones that counted. And right now, as we speak, just after we finished the verification of the quantities of the money, everything has been taken into a safe custody of the Bank of Zambia. As the procedure, whenever a vessel is carrying illegal substances or goods, when we seize those goods, we also seize the vessel. So, in that line, we have seized the aircraft, which was carrying these items that I mentioned. The aircraft is called the Global Express T7-WW. And we have also seized another aircraft. This time, this one belongs to the local airline whose make of the aircraft is King Air B-90. Now, the reason we have seized this other aircraft is to help us in our investigations. There is some collection that we have seen as we are investigating this particular matter, so we have seized, in short, two aircraft. I must mention that in this operation, we have so far detained, not yet arrested, detained 10 suspects, including a Zambian. They are encasted, as I speak. And the chances are that the number of people to be detained will rise. As you might appreciate, this operation was just last night, leading into this morning. So, a lot is still being done. So, that is where we are. Thank you very much. Thank you so much, Mr. Director Genosa. We will now allow some questions from the media. So, you can just let us know which media house you are from. My name is Quimachilada from Nenem Reneo. Did you not tell us whether Zambia was just a transit or the final destination? And secondly, where this plane was coming from? Thirdly, the nationals of the nine people that have been detained. Thank you. Thank you for that. Anyone else? Where was it coming from? Was Zambia the destination? The nationalities of the people. Okay, thank you very much. The aircraft was from Cairo in Egypt. And it was actually headed to Zambia. The itinerary, according to the man face, indicates that it was supposed to fly back again to Egypt. That is what we have as of now. The nationalities of the people that were detained were of six Egyptians. One Spanish. One Dutch. One Nevisian, which part of the planet this country is. That were on the plane. And the preliminary information that we have is that they were coming to Zambia to carry out some business transactions. As you may appreciate, we decided to give you a preliminary release. We have not yet interrogated the matter to an extent where we can give you a comprehensive position. We have obtained you now. This is where we are heading to. So this is what the nationalities? Just as a follow-up, the items that have been seized, is it Congo that was coming from Zambia? Or they came with the plane? Just clarify it on that. Yes. That one is something that we will have to have clearly after we are done with the investigations. But what is important is that these items have been seized and they were found on the aircraft. Is that your question? Thank you. Thank you so much, colleagues. Is there any other person with a question for the Director General this morning? Right. Yes. Is this one? Yes. Just one more question. Okay. What is the name of the other campaigns, private, other airlines? The local airlines? The local airlines? Yes. Normally when we are carrying out investigations, it's not really advisable to mention other issues that we see that are still being investigated. Because sometimes you might find that there's nothing on them. But then the name will keep going like we got them. So we want to protect them at the moment. Once they give us their part of the story, they will be able to get back to you. As to whether it's going to be part of the activities or they will be allowed to be our witnesses as we proceed with the case. I just want to find out the Zambian person involved in this scenario. Are they politically inclined or it's just an ordinary citizen? I don't know how we want to differentiate an ordinary citizen from a politically inclined. They are all citizens that way. So these are Zambians that we're investigating. I think we can leave it at that for now. But just understand one thing. I think maybe I know where you're coming from. As a commission, when we're carrying out investigations, we as much as possible do not bring in the actual names of the people until we're sure that they are actually involved in the criminal activity. So for now, all the speculation going on, just take it as mere speculation until you get it from this desk. And I want to assure you, ladies and gentlemen of the press, that we shall be available for you. Just like we are here for you. The moment we're done, a couple of days from now, we know what is going on. We'll give you a very comprehensive release with names of people that are going to be charged. Your faces are going to be charged with. And when we expect them to appear in court, everything will be given to you. But for now, we can tell you that we can't say whether this politically inclined person or whatever, they are some Zambian citizens that are involved and we're going to deal with them squarely. Because the law must be applied there. And that's what we're going to do. Just to clarify, you say it's nine foreigners. Yes. So for now, it's nine foreigners and one Zambian. But I'm saying we may actually have more Zambians involved as we go on with the investigation. But in custody right now, nine foreigners, one Zambian. Thank you so much. We've come to the end of our press briefing for today. We have another question. I'm just asking on behalf of one of the viewers who's asking to say who cleared the plane when it landed in Zambia. Who cleared for the landing? Well, the authorities that do that, I think they are very well known. We're planning to land. You have the authorities at the airport that do that. Yes. So what is important to note for you as journalists and through you to the people of Zambia is that this particular aircraft has a few problems around it. And it's very clear that they came for illegal activities. And that is why we are related and we fight it. Can I teach you my name? Can that be the last one? Yes. Okay. Yes, it's just a quick one. My name is Menya from NewsDegas. Are you in a position to indicate where the suspects are currently detained? No, no, no, no. You want to go and do this? Yes. You see, when we pick in yourself, my dear from NewsDegas, we won't tell the people where we're kept. If we're on safety, they're going to do it. They'll follow you there and do you harm. So we're keeping them somewhere. They are very safe. We need you to prove our case. Thank you so much, Khalid. You come to the end of our presentation. Thank you very much. Thank you so much. All the best.