Mangalore: A huge amount of foreign currencies was seized from four passengers at Mangalore International Airport on Wednesday June 25.
The passengers carrying the currencies were, Nasir Kappil Abdulla, Abdulla Kunhi, Abdul Jabbar, and Khalid Hassainer, residents of Uduma and Hidayatnagar, Kasargod.
The currencies confiscated were in US dollars, Oman rials and Kuwait dinars.
They were caught at the time of their departure to Sharjah by Air India Express flight IX823 on June 25.
The officials seized foreign currencies amounting to 10,000 US dollars, 1,950 Oman rials, and 1,450 Kuwait dinars from the accused. The currencies were concealed inside their hang bags.
Superintendent of customs Marcus Pereira said that as per RBI guidelines, an Indian passenger while going abroad can carry foreign exchange without any limit provided the same is procured from authorized money exchangers.
The operation was conducted under the supervision of Pravin Vinod, assistant commissioner of customs at Mangalore International Airport, by a team consisting of superintendents Marcus Pereira, R S Venkataram, R G Gaonkar, S K Nelli, and inspectors Prashant Tiwari, K Nirmala and Ankit Kumar, and havaldar Gopal.
Further investigation is under progress under the guidance of D Purushotham, commissioner of customs.
