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It came to light that Ahammed had in his possession Japanese yen, US and Australian dollars equivalent to Rs 17.45 lakh.Subsequently, officials recovered the currencies and are carrying out further investigations, airport sources said. Trichy: The air intelligence unit of customs officials have seized foreign currencies equivalent to Rs 17.45 lakh from a passenger at the Trichy international airport in the late hours of Monday.The passenger, identified as Riyas Ahammed, 37, a resident of Trichy, was about to board a Kuala Lumpur-bound Air Asia flight when he was detained, sources said.Customs officials, who were checking passengers boarding the Air Asia flight at 10pm grew suspicious when this particular passenger’s turn came and checked his belongings.During the process, he was found concealing foreign currencies inside a suitcase..