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Foreign currencies worth over Rs 4 lakh seized at airport

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Press Trust of India Tiruchi

Foreign currencies valued at Rs 4.53 lakh have been seized from a passenger before he could board a flight to Sharjah from here, Customs officials said on Saturday.

Mohamed Azharudin from Ariyalur, 50 km from here, was intercepted on suspicion and his luggage was checked, the officials said.

The check yielded Canadian dollars, Euros and Swiss francs totalling Rs 4.53 lakh, they said adding Azharudin was being interrogated.

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First Published: Oct 19 2019 | 10:44 PM IST

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