Rs 14 lakh foreign currency seized from air passenger

Chennai: Foreign currency worth Rs 14 lakh has been seized from a passenger at Anna International Airport here when he allegedly tried to smuggle the money into India. The passenger, Heerath Mohottige Sirisena Perera, who arrived here from Colombo by Sri Lankan Airlines on December 18, was questioned by custom officials after he was found moving about in a suspicious manner "A total of 98,000 Saudi Riyals, 8,000 UAE Dirhams equivalent to Rs 13.98 lakh kept in his baggage was seized," Customs Commissioner (Airport) Sanjay Kumar Agarwal said in a press release.
20/12/11 PTI/IBN Live

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Categories: airports Dec 2011