Mangalore, june 18, 2014: Currency of various foreign nations worth Rs 6.70 lakhs was seized from a person hailing from Kasargod by the Customs officials at the Mangalore International Airport on June 17, Tuesday.
The currency was found hidden in the clothing in the hand bag carried by the passenger named Jaleel Kunhu Kutty of Hidayat Nagar in Kasargod. He arrived by a Jet Airways Flight from Sharjah.
The operations were led by HB Venkatesh, Customs Superintendent along with GV Prabhu, R.S.Venkatram , R.G.Gaonkar, S.K.Nelli, Superintendents, Bikram Chakraborthy, P.C.Padhi, Prasanna Kumari and Devendra Pratap Singh, Inspector and Havaldars Gopal and Sowmya Naik.
The operations were conducted under the supervision of Hemen Gogoi, Deputy Commissioner of Customs, Mangalore International Airport.