Customs foils Saudi currency smuggling bid at Karachi airport
- By Salah Uddin -
- Jan 23, 2023
KARACHI: Customs officials have foiled the bid to smuggle Saudi currency at Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport, ARY News reported on Monday.
As per Customs Collector Karachi Airport, Nadeem Memon, a passenger named Gul Hassan was traveling to Saudi Arabia with 100,000 Saudi Riyals.
The currency was concealed in the bag he was carrying.
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In April, last year, Customs officials had foiled a foreign currency smuggling bid at Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport.
They said 65,000 US dollars, approximately around Rs12 million, were recovered from the baggage of a woman passenger who was travelling to Doha.
The officials said the currency was seized and the passenger was allowed to board the flight.