Saturday, February 04, 2017

Mumbai: Foreign currency and gold valued Rs 80 lakh seized at airport

In last two days, the air intelligence unit (AIU) at Mumbai Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport, booked two cases of foreign currencies and two cases of gold smuggling, with overall valuation of about Rs 80 lakh.
On February 1, based on profiling, the AIU officers intercepted one passenger namely Mohammed Jalal Mullakoyathangal holding Indian passport who was to depart to Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE) by Air India flight.
Examination of his hand baggage resulted in recovery of 71 notes of Canadian Dollars of denomination 100 each and 88 notes of Pound sterling of denomination 50 each totally amounting to Rs 7,22,530. He had cleverly concealed the currency inside the layers of clothes in his hand baggage.
03/02/17 Virendrasingh Ghunawat/India Today
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