Jaipur: Customs Officials at Jaipur Airport Understanding a passenger who will leave for Dubai with foreign currencies worth around Rs 26 Lakh.
Passengers have hidden notes and plans to travel without declaring it.
He was arrested by officials and claimed that this was one of the cases rarely because the person was intercepted not on arrival but when he departed.
Passengers were given a guarantee on Saturday afternoon after being arrested in the morning.
“Based on Intel, customs officials intercepted a passenger who would go to Dubai by Spicejet Flight.
After checking the baggage check-in, on the X-ray machine, the image of some objects below the bottom of the trolley bag is noticed which shows the concealment of several currencies.
In further investigation, passengers denied having / carrying these items and could not provide a satisfying explanation.
On the cutting bag, 1,30,200 UAE Dirham was the same as INR 25,58,430 found, “said an official statement.
According to officials, the mid-20-old passenger came from Gujarat and went to Dubai 2-3 times a year even though this was the first time he was caught.
“The passenger claims that it is his father’s money exchanged with foreign currencies and plans to buy gold from Dubai which he will get back and sell it here.
Usually $ 5000 is allowed to be brought abroad and it is also after stated but this special passenger is not Declare and in fact hide it.
This is one of the rare examples when we have arrested someone who truly takes currency abroad and this has happened after a few years “, said an official.