RAWALPINDI – The Airport Security Force (ASF) at Benazir
Bhutto International Airport on Thursday grabbed a passenger for
attempting to smuggle huge amount of foreign currency equivalent to over
Rs162.5 million
Jamshaid Alam, an expat settled in Dubai, was handed over to the Customs Department after the foreign currency was retrieved from his belongings during security check-in. Arbab Qaisir, Deputy Collector Customs Investigation Wing, said, “The scope of investigation has been expanded after getting the mobile phone data of the passenger who had been a frequent traveler.” He further said, “We will interrogate on different lines to assure whether the amount is being smuggled out of the country for financial backing of the terror groups or it is a money laundering case.” He said the scanning machine indicated the currency covered in a plastic sheet when the passenger reached the ASF security check-in and placed his belongings in the scanning machine.
Details of the foreign currency
After the indication of scanning machine the customs officer took the luggage into hands and recovered 5.4 million Saudi riyals, 667,520 UAE dirham, 61,645 Qatari riyals, 28,940 British pounds, 3,465 euros, 75,650 Kuwait dinars, 7,140 Omani riyals, 2,300 French francs, 11,984 US dollars, 327 Bahraini dinars and 965 Canadian dollars. Arbab Qaisir is on the mission to reach the real culprit as he said, “We will try to trace the real owner of the currency”.
Jamshaid Alam, an expat settled in Dubai, was handed over to the Customs Department after the foreign currency was retrieved from his belongings during security check-in. Arbab Qaisir, Deputy Collector Customs Investigation Wing, said, “The scope of investigation has been expanded after getting the mobile phone data of the passenger who had been a frequent traveler.” He further said, “We will interrogate on different lines to assure whether the amount is being smuggled out of the country for financial backing of the terror groups or it is a money laundering case.” He said the scanning machine indicated the currency covered in a plastic sheet when the passenger reached the ASF security check-in and placed his belongings in the scanning machine.
Details of the foreign currency
After the indication of scanning machine the customs officer took the luggage into hands and recovered 5.4 million Saudi riyals, 667,520 UAE dirham, 61,645 Qatari riyals, 28,940 British pounds, 3,465 euros, 75,650 Kuwait dinars, 7,140 Omani riyals, 2,300 French francs, 11,984 US dollars, 327 Bahraini dinars and 965 Canadian dollars. Arbab Qaisir is on the mission to reach the real culprit as he said, “We will try to trace the real owner of the currency”.
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