Kyrgyzstan woman held with foreign currency worth Rs 90 lakh at Delhi airport

New Delhi, August 20

A woman from Kyrgyzstan has been apprehended at the Delhi airport for allegedly trying to smuggle out US dollars worth over Rs 90 lakh.

A senior official said the woman, identified as Baltabeva Zukhra (56), arrived at Terminal III of the airport this morning to take a flight to Bishkek.

She was taken out for detailed frisking after the CISF personnel found her activities suspicious.

On frisking her bag, the official said $60,000 was recovered, while the rest of the currency was found in another bag which she had checked-in, but refused to accept that it belonged to her.

"A total of $1,41,290 (over Rs 90.65 lakh) were recovered from the two bags and the woman has been handed over to the Customs authorities for further probe," he said. —PTI