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Man held at airport with foreign currency sans valid papers

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Press Trust of India Kolkata
Last Updated : Aug 08 2016 | 3:57 PM IST
A man was today arrested at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport here for travelling with a large amount of foreign currency without valid documents.
Acting on a tip-off, the man who was carrying USD 19,000 and 115,000 Rials was arrested when he could not produce valid documents about the cash which he was carrying, a Customs official said.
The currency is valued at Rs 32.38 lakh.
The accused had arrived at the airport to board a Bhutan Airlines flight to Bangkok.

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First Published: Aug 08 2016 | 3:57 PM IST

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