In today’s age and time, security at airports is very strict and precise. This is why, even if people come up with creative ways to smuggle goods, they are caught easily. In fact, police officers have made several arrests in cases of illegal peddling.
Like, recently the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) busted a peculiar currency smuggling attempt at Indira Gandhi International Airport. The security personnel at the Delhi airport intercepted a passenger as he was behaving suspiciously. Murad Ali, 25 was stopped when he reached Terminal-3 to board a flight to Dubai, reports News18. The authorities then frisked the man.
Have a look at their tweet about the encounter:
Vigilant #CISF personnel apprehended a passenger namely Mr Murad Alam carrying high volume of foreign currency worth approx. INR 45 lakh concealed in peanuts, biscuit packets & other eatable items kept inside his baggage @ IGI Airport, Delhi. Passenger was handed over to customs. pic.twitter.com/AJgO6x4WjN
— CISF (@CISFHQrs) February 12, 2020
The CISF found currency notes hidden in cooked meat pieces, peanuts and sealed biscuit packets from the passenger’s personal belongings. They seized Rs 45 lakh worth of foreign currency. More than five hundred notes including an assortment of Saudi Riyal, Qatari Riyal, Kuwaiti Dinar, Omani Riyal and Euro were recovered from the eatables.
“On physical checking of the passengers’ baggage, high volume of foreign currencies were found concealed in cooked mutton pieces, peanuts, biscuit packets and other eatables,” CISF spokesperson Assistant Inspector General Hemendra Singh was quoted saying by Hindustan Times.
Have a look at the video of the interception where the security personnel cracked peanuts to find currency notes:
They also unzipped sealed biscuit packets to reveal more foreign currency:
And, they even dug into oily meat pieces:
The passenger, a resident of Saharanpur district in Uttar Pradesh, told officials that he was carrying the food items in his bag on behalf of someone else. The CISF authorities suspect that the man is a courier for smuggling out currency as he has traveled to many foreign locations in the past.
The suspect along with the seized currency has now been handed over to Customs authorities.