ED seizes Rs 1 cr worth US dollars from passenger at Kolkata airport

Updated: Sep 19 2022 3:05PM

New Delhi, Sep 19 (PTI) The Enforcement Directorate on Monday said it has seized US dollars worth more than Rs 1 crore from a traveller at the Kolkata international airport.

The passenger Sangeeta Devi was initially intercepted by the Customs department at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport on September 16 after they found that she was carrying a large amount of foreign currency.

The Customs department intimated the ED and its officials recovered 1,300 currency notes of USD 100 from her, the agency said in a statement.

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