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The Air Intelligence Unit ( AIU ) of Goa Customs on Saturday seized foreign currency worth RS 22.30 lakhs from Dabolim International Airport.
According to information available, while performing their duties on Saturday, the officers of Air Customs (Goa Customs) headed by the Assistant Commissioner and under the supervision of TR Gajalakshmi, Additional Commissioner of Customs, Goa, intercepted four international passengers based on profiling.
The international passengers were intending to travel by Air Arabia Flight No G9-493 on Saturday. The search of the hand baggage, carried by the passengers, resulted in recovery of foreign currency equivalent to Indian Rs 22,30,610.
Sources said that the said passengers had been moving suspiciously in departure hall before their check-in formalities and could not give satisfactory answers when confronted by Customs sleuths.
During the questioning by Customs Officers the passengers broke down and confessed that they were trying to smuggle the said currency to Sharjah. The said currency was seized under the provisions of the Customs Act and FEMA. The whole exercise was conducted under the overall guidance of R Manohar, Commissioner of Customs, Goa. Further investigation is under progress.
Goa Customs Commisioner R Manohar also informed that Goa Customs Airport has seized 5 kg gold valued at Rs 1.48 crore, foreign currency worth 36.38 lakh and commercial goods in trade quantity worth Rs 35.2 Lakh since
April 2018.
