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Foreign currency worth over Rs 44 lakh seized from Cochin airport

Kochi, May 16 (UNI) Officials of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) intercepted a major attempt at smuggling foreign currency at Cochin International Airport on Thursday night.
Acting on specific intelligence, the customs team intercepted a woman passenger bound for Dubai by flight SG18. Upon thorough examination of her check-in baggage, the officers recovered 2,00,000 Saudi riyals (in the denomination of 500 SAR × 400 notes), equivalent to approximately Rs 44.40 lakhs, a release said on Friday.
The foreign currency was ingeniously concealed inside aluminium foil layers hidden within the check-in baggage. Further investigation is underway.
The officials of the Thiruvananthapuram Zone, under the leadership of SK Rahman, Chief Commissioner, CBIC, took part in the operation.
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