Rs 28 lakh in foreign currency seized from Turkey-bound passenger at Delhi airport

Customs officials at the Indira Gandhi International Airport on Tuesday seized Rs 27.74 lakh in foreign currency from a Turkey national bound for Istanbul.

The currency -- 23,750 euros and 3,500 US dollars -- was seized during a routine interception at Terminal 3.

According to officials, the passenger was set to board the plane when he was intercepted based on a random referral. A detailed personal and baggage examination led to the recovery of the concealed foreign currency.

The officials said the currency notes “were discreetly placed and concealed in the pages of the books kept in the check-in baggage, thereby trying to evade detection”.

The passenger admitted that the money was intended to be smuggled out of the country.