A Ghanaian businessman was this morning fined €8,970 after pleading guilty to entering the country carrying more than the allowable €10,000 in cash.

Darkwa David Kwateng, 42, arrived in Malta from Dubai on Sunday carrying €35,870, a sum he failed to declare.

He said that he came here to buy electrical goods for export.

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