CISF at Kolkata Airport Foils Bid to Smuggle Rs 1.14 Crore in Foreign Currency to Bangkok

2 flyers held with Rs 1 cr forex at airport

CISF seized $119,900 (about Rs 1.1 crore) hidden in false-bottom bags of two Bangkok-bound passengers at Kolkata airport; both were handed to Customs for action.

CISF at Kolkata airport foils bid to smuggle Rs 1.14 crore in foreign currency to Bangkok

The passenger, who carried the bulk of the currency notes, was taken by the Air Intelligence Unit of Customs to the District and Sessions Court, for further leg

CISF detects concealed foreign currency worth over Rs 1.13 Crore at Kolkata airport

At around 10:20 hrs, during security screening at the International Terminal Security Hold Area (ITB SHA), an on-duty CISF screener noticed suspicious images in the X-ray scan of the hand baggage of two passengers scheduled to travel to Bangkok by Bhutan Airlines flight B3700. The baggage was referred for physical checking, as per the PRO

CISF seizes foreign currency worth Rs 1.13 crore at Kolkata airport

Digital Desk | Kolkata, Oct 21 (IANS) Alert personnel of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) detected foreign currency worth approximately Rs 1.14 crore concealed in the hand baggage of two passengers bound for Bangkok at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata. The detection took place around 10:20 a.m. on October 19 during routine security screening at the International Terminal Security Hold Area. A CISF screener …