Afghan caught at Delhi airport smuggling dollars worth ₹38L
NEWDELHI: The Central Industrial Security Force ( CISF) on Wednesday caught an Afghan national for allegedly trying to smuggle out US dollars worth about ₹38 lakh at the Indira Gandhi International Airport.
CISF officers said that the man was travelling to Kabul, Afghanistan.
According to the officers, around 11.50 am, CISF personnel deployed at Terminal 3 of the airport noticed a passenger’s suspicious activities in the departure area. On suspicion, two CISF men approached the passenger and asked him to cooperate for a detailed search of his baggage.
“On checking, $53,700 worth ₹38 lakh were found between layers of clothes. The passenger was questioned about the source of the money, but he could not give any satisfactory reply. On this, customs officials at the airport were informed and the man, along with the recovered cur- rency, was handed over to them,” said Hemendra Singh, assistant inspector general, CISF.
Singh said initial investigation revealed the man was a ‘carrier’. “The man said he was told that someone would have contacted him once he landed in Kabul. We are probing the source of the money. Investigation is on.”
Two days ago, in one of their biggest seizures, customs offi- cials at the Delhi airport arrested two Indian passengers and recovered from their checked-in baggage US dollars worth ₹3.55 crore. The two men had arrived at the airport to catch a flight to Dubai.
Such incidents are common at the I GI airport. However, authorities keep a tab on suspicious passengers.