Rs 19.75 lakh seized from air passenger

Chennai: Air customs has seized Rs 19.75 lakh and Singapore Dollars 650 from a Singapore-bound passenger at the international airport here.
The passenger was intercepted on suspicion yesterday by customs officers and his baggage examined. Indian currency in Rs 500 denominations totally Rs 19.75 lakh and Singapore Dollars 650 were recovered, Chennai Customs Air Intelligence Department said in a release today.
The currencies were kept concealed in the cavity between the top and bottom layers of nine aluminium bowls. These bowls had been kept among onions, it said.
18/01/09 PTI/Times of India

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Categories: Airports Jan 2009, Foreign Jan 2009