Rs 37L in new notes seized at airport

Kolkata | Sunday | 22nd January, 2017

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They were asked to open the bags and customs officials found bundles of Rs 2,000 notes inside. When they had put the luggage in the baggage X-ray scanner, the officials noticed stacks of currency notes inside. Later, the two confessed they were handed over the money when they reached the airport," said an official. Kolkata: The air intelligence unit at the NSCBI airport on Monday said it has busted a hawala racket and seized new Indian currency worth Rs 37 lakh from two persons trying to take the money to Bangkok. The two were carrying currency below Rs 1 crore and were liable to get bail..