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Kanu robbed of N4m at Moscow Airport

Former Super Eagles striker, Nwankwo Kanu had a taste of Moscow as he was robbed at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport while on an inspection of Russian city that will host Nigeria’s games on Sunday ahead of the World Cup.

Kanu took part in a FIFA Legends match Sunday in Russia’s European exclave of Kaliningrad, one of 11 Russian cities to host the tournament that kicks off in less than two weeks.

Two baggage handlers were detained after Kanu discovered that he was missing $11,000 upon receiving his bags and checking in at a hotel in Kaliningrad, Russia’s Interior Ministry said Sunday.

“Two handlers who unloaded baggage from the London-to-Moscow flight and stole the money from the passenger’s luggage have been identified and detained,” the ministry said in an online statement.

The Interior Ministry later confirmed the former Arsenal striker’s identity to the state-run TASS and RIA news agencies.

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