A sample check recovered Rs 32,84,400 in the form of UD 42,000 from three men.
New Delhi:
Customs officers at Kolkata Airport in West Bengal arrested three people on Tuesday and recovered $42,000 from them. One of the suspects was carrying $13,000 by hiding banknotes in the folds of his turban.
A video from the site shows a man unraveling a black-colored turban, extracting fresh dollar bills and handing them over to customs.
Kolkata airport customs have stopped three travelers – Kishan Nigam, Krishna and Jatinder Singh – after receiving information about suspicious activity. The three men traveled on flight SG742 to Bangkok and were stopped after immigration control.
A sample check recovered Rs 32,84,400 in the form of UD 42,000 from them. $29,000 was saved on the outside of two different bags by removing the stitching and sewing it back with the money inside.
The remaining $13,000 was hidden in the turban of one of the suspects.
Customs confiscated the US dollars and arrested the three suspects under the Customs Act.
