A passenger held at RGI airport with smuggled foreign currency

Customs officials at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport caught a male passenger on charges of smuggling foreign currency i.e, Saudi Arabian Riyals, worth nearly Rs.34 lakh on Monday.

The passenger was traveling on An Air Arabia flight bound to Sharjah. Foreign currency equivalent to Rs.33.49 lakh, concealed in a false compartment of a suitcase, was recovered and seized.

Customs officials said further investigation was on.