Mumbai Customs, Zone-III, intercepted foreign currency worth over Rs 1 crore at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport on October 4. Two passengers, travelling to Abu Dhabi and Fujairah, were caught carrying Rs 53.68 lakh each in their handbags

The Mumbai Customs, Zone-III, conducted successful operations at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMI) on Saturday. The Mumbai Customs team intercepted foreign currency worth over Rs 1 crore in two separate cases. As per officers, the seizures were made based on profiling by the vigilant customs officers, who foiled attempts to illegally carry large sums of money abroad.

In the first case, a passenger travelling to Abu Dhabi on flight 6E 1413 was stopped for baggage examination. Soon after he was stopped, the offi

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