Wednesday, June 06, 2018

Rs 27 lakh worth foreign currency seized at RGIA

Hyderabad: The zonal unit of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence successfully thwarted an attempt to smuggle foreign currency – Qatari and Omani riyals, US dollars, UAE dirhams, Kuwait dinars valued nearly at ₹ 27 lakh in Indian currency — by a passenger at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Shamshabad here on Wednesday.

The passenger completed immigration, security checking and was about to board a Sharjah-bound Indigo flight when the DRI officials checked his baggage. The passenger stated that the said currency was acquired from unauthorised dealers and does not belong to him. “He claimed it was being carried on the behest of someone for delivery in Sharjah,” an official press release said. He was taken into custody for further investigation.
06/06/18 The Hindu
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