New Delhi: In yet another major crackdown on smuggling of foreign currency out of India, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Monday and Tuesday seized a total of USD 1 million at Indira Gandhi International Airport, Terminal-3, New Delhi and Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru. The DRI officials also arrested one Afghan national and one Singaporean national from the two international airports respectively. While a total of USD 4,90,000 valued at Rs 3.59 crore was seized in Delhi, US Dollar/Euro/Saudi Riyals currencies equivalent to Rs 3.50 crore was assorted from Kempegowda airport in Bengaluru.
"The foreign currency was being smuggled out of India to Dubai and Singapore, respectively," according to an official statement by the DRI.
In an operation conducted on 17.12.2018 in New Delhi, officers of DRI intercepted one Afghanistan national who was about to board a flight from IGI, Terminal-3 to Dubai, UAE. Detailed search of the baggage of the passenger resulted in the recovery of US Dollars concealed in the inside walls of a microwave oven, in the packaging of ceramic mugs and the inner lining of the checked-in suitcase.
20/12/18 News Nation
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"The foreign currency was being smuggled out of India to Dubai and Singapore, respectively," according to an official statement by the DRI.
In an operation conducted on 17.12.2018 in New Delhi, officers of DRI intercepted one Afghanistan national who was about to board a flight from IGI, Terminal-3 to Dubai, UAE. Detailed search of the baggage of the passenger resulted in the recovery of US Dollars concealed in the inside walls of a microwave oven, in the packaging of ceramic mugs and the inner lining of the checked-in suitcase.
20/12/18 News Nation
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