
Foreign currency worth crores recovered at IGIA.
New Delhi: Two Afghan nationals and two Indians were detained in the past 48 hours at Delhi’s IGI Airport in three separate cases of smuggling foreign currency worth crores, according to Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).
In the first case, CISF personnel recovered $ 31,000 (about Rs 22 lakh) from two Afghan nationas identified as Abdul Saboor Amiri and Zafar Mohammad Nazari on January 30. The accused were bound for Kabul by Kam Air flight.
The suspects could not produce any valid document. They were were handed over to Customs for further action, CISF said.
In the second incident, CISF recovered euro 1,19,200 and $ 2,000 (about Rs 96 lakh) concealed in the turban of a suspect identified as Surinder Singh Seehra bound for Bangkok by NokScoot flight.
The suspect had no valid documents, CISF said.
In the third incident reported on Friday, CISF recovered $ 8050, Kuwaiti dinar 3,505, Saudi riyal 2,500 and Omani riyal 725 (about Rs 16 lakh) from an Indian national, Habibullah, bound for Dubai by Spice Jet flight.
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