A source in the oil rich African country says Teodorin Obiang Nguema, who is the son of the president, is seeking medical treatment in Brazil.

Teodorin Obiang Nguema was handed a three year suspended sentence for money laundering by a French court last year.

It was said then he regards Equatorial Guinea’s central bank as his private ATM.

Brazilian authorities and those in Eguatorial Guinea have not commented on the seizure at Viracopos airport near São Paulo.

Nguema, who traveling with with a 10-man delegation,  has diplomatic immunity but the money and watches were taken by authorities because he was not on an official visit to Brazil.

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