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Over Rs 1 cr foreign currency seized at Delhi airport

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Foreign currency worth more than Rs 1 crore have been seized from a Delhi resident at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here.

Officials said the incident took place late last night when CISF security personnel apprehended A Nagpal, who was supposed to take an Air India flight to Mumbai.

"On scanning Nagpal's baggage, currencies worth Euro 62,550, USD 39,500 and Japanese Yen 60,00,000 were recovered. We have transferred the case to Income Tax department authorities," CISF spokesperson Hemendra Singh said.

He added the Indian equivalent of the foreign currency is Rs 1,11,13,657.

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First Published: Feb 11 2016 | 7:48 PM IST

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