Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)

Mangaluru, Feb 9: The customs officials have seized foreign currency notes which were being smuggled out of the country on February 7 and 8 through the international airport here. These currencies were being carried illegally and without backed by any documents to prove their genuineness.

A passenger of Kasargod origin was found to be in possession of US $10,000. He was attempting to smuggle this currency through an Indigo flight to Sharjah when these currency notes was seized from his possession.

In the other incident, a passenger from the city was attempting to carry 90,000 UAE dirhams in the form of currency notes in a bag. He was bound for Dubai through an Air India flight, when he was arrested and the foreign currency notes in his possession were confiscated.

In both these cases, currency notes totally worth Rs 25.18 lac were taken into possession and cases were registered against them.