Mangaluru, May 25: The customs officials at Mangaluru International Airport seized Foreign currency totalling to 12500 Saudi Arabian Riyals, 7755 UAE Dirhams, 50 Kuwait Dinars and 400 Quatar Riyal’s equivalent to Rs 3,75,023 from the passenger Mohammed Ali Pallikunhi, aged about twenty seven years, hailing from Mogralputhur, Kasargod District, Kerala, at the time of departure from Mangaluru International Airport in the evening of Sunday, May 24th, by Jet Airways flight No.9W532 to Dubai.
The passenger Mohammed Ali Pallikunhi attempted to smuggle foreign currency out of India without valid money exchange documents.
Further investigations is under progress.
