Cash worth Rs 28 lakh in new Rs 2,000 denomination notes, was seized from a Dubai-bound passenger at the city international airport today, an official said.
The passenger, identified as Ashraf Veetil (30), was about to board a Jet Airways flight to Dubai this afternoon when he was found carrying the notes in his bag.
"When his bags were checked, Veetil was found carrying Rs 2,000 notes worth Rs 28 lakh," an official of Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport said.
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He has been detained and is being interrogated in this regard, the official said.
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