Foreign currencies worth Rs 22.48 lakh seized in Kerala

Press Trust of India  |  Thiruvananthapuram 

Foreign currencies with a face value of Rs 22.48 was today seized from a Dubai-bound passenger at the international airport here.

The currencies included US dollars, UAE dirhams and Saudi riyals, a customs release said.

The Dubai-bound passenger tried to smuggle the currencies by concealing them in his shoes and hand luggage, it said adding the man was arrested and later released on bail.

In another incident, 244 cartons of cigarettes worth Rs 2.44 were seized from nine people, the release said.

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First Published: Tue, April 10 2018. 19:00 IST