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The Indian foreign money recovered was seized, Bengaluru Air Customs stated in an announcement.(Consultant Picture: Unsplash)
One Indian citizen tried to smuggle Indian foreign money amounting to Rs 51,95,500 in denomination of Rs 500 to Kuala Lumpur by struggle OD-242, concealing the identical within the hand baggage in addition to the checked in baggage
Air Customs officers on the Kempegowda Worldwide Airport right here have arrested two passengers, together with a Thai nationwide, and seized from them a cache of money and gold paste value over Rs 1 crore.
They stated surveillance primarily based on the “profiling” of passengers led to the interception of two of them on the evening of February 29 and the wee hours of March one.
One Indian citizen tried to smuggle Indian foreign money amounting to Rs 51,95,500 in denomination of Rs 500 to Kuala Lumpur by struggle OD-242, concealing the identical within the hand baggage in addition to the checked in baggage. The Indian foreign money recovered was seized, Bengaluru Air Customs stated in an announcement.
In one other incident, a passenger from Thailand, who arrived from Dubai in Indigo Flight 6E-1486, was intercepted. He had tried to smuggle overseas origin gold in paste type with a internet weight of 824.67 grams valued at Rs 50.8 lakh.
The gold was seized, the assertion stated. They stated additional investigation was in progress.
