Colombo: A 45-year-old Indian businessman has been arrested from a Sri Lankan international airport for attempting to smuggle foreign currency worth over Rs 40 million out of the country. The man, who has not been identified, was arrested on Sunday by the security officials at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), Daily Mirror Lanka reported on […]
Yadadri-Bhongir: Yadadri Sri Lakshminarsimha Swamy temple has received Rs 68.45 lakhs through hundi collection for the last seven days. The hundi counting was taken up by the temple staff on the hill shrine. According to the temple Executive Officer, Rs 68,45,573 cash, 33 grams of gold and 970 grams of silver was received through the […]
Hyderabad: The Mangalhat police on Friday nabbed a three-member interstate attention diversion gang on charges of cheating a trader in the guise of exchanging foreign currency with Indian currency and fleecing him of Rs.1.6 lakh earlier this month. The arrested persons were Aman Khan (25), a chicken shop owner, Shaik Atif (29), a tailor and […]
Hyderabad: 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, […]
Acting on a tip off, law enforcement agencies checked a passenger's baggage and found packets of savouries, in which currency of various countries was concealed
The currencies - USD, Omani Riyal, Saudi Riyal and UAE Dirhams - were concealed in savoury packets in the baggage of the passenger at the international airport.
According to the police, the gang visited different cities and searched for people interested in exchanging Indian currency for foreign currency illegally.
