Saturday, November 28, 2015

Hawala money seized at Chennai airport; TN passenger to Singapore held

Chennai: Air Customs personnel seized Hawala money to the tune of Rs 28 lakhs from a Singapore bound passenger from Illeyankudi in Ramanathapuram District of Tamil Nadu, at the international terminal early today.

Airport sources said the passenger Abdul Rahim, who was arrested, was carrying the unaccounted money in US dollars and Euro currency, acting as a courier to Singapore. He hid the money in his suitcase. The crime came to light when his baggage was being scanned before he boarded a Tiger Airlines flight at0130 hrs this morning.
28/11/15 Central Chronicle
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