Bengaluru: A 30-year-old man was arrested by Detuth Customs when he tried to smuggle foreign currencies – especially the US dollar – worth more than Rs 24.3 lakh by sealing notes at the bottom of the trolley bag examined.
The man tried to fly out of Bengaluru to Dubai, but was arrested with a large amount of cash.
Source with Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) said the smuggling effort took place on Friday night when the suspect landed in Bengalaru from Mumbai on domestic flights.
Following specific information to the Directorate of Bengalore Team Revenue Directorate about Efforts to smuggle foreign currencies, the officers concerned warned their customs colleagues in Kia which they were asking for the suspect and intercepted him when he tried to ride flydubai flies from the airport.
When questioning it does not produce results, they remember the check-in bag and delete the content to find the hard part at the bottom of the trolley bag.
The researchers cut it only to find many US dollar bills and other currency records.
Passengers, whose identity has not been revealed because the ongoing probe has been arrested for smuggling, said the source.