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Directorate of Revenue Intelligence busts hawala racket, 2 arrested at IGIA

Foreign currency worth Rs 2 crore was seized

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The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted a hawala racket with the arrest of two men from the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) and recovered from them foreign currencies worth about Rs 2 crore. The currency was being transported from Delhi to Dubai, via Kochi.

According to senior officers from the Delhi Zonal United of the DRI, surveillance was mounted on a passenger who was travelling from Delhi to Kochi by an Air India flight - AI 933 on Wednesday. Following close supervision, it was seen that the domestic flyer handed over currency to another passenger, an international flyer, who was going to Dubai in the same flight and had cleared customs check.

"On interception, the international passenger was caught and riyals, pounds and dollars were recovered from his possession. He narrated that the domestic flyer handed over the consignment to him and that he was supposed to deliver it in Dubai. As planned, the domestic flyer handed over the currency to the international flyer after he had cleared customs check at the terminal 3 of the Delhi airport," said a senior officer.

Officers said that the duo has been involved previously in smuggling cigarettes and gold, and was carrying the currency for some particular purpose.

In January this year, two men who used to procure fake Indian currency notes from Bangladesh and circulate it in Delhi and neighbouring states, also came under the DRI net. While one of the accused was arrested from Old Delhi railway station, another was held in Patna.

The same month, the bureau had apprehended an Indian air-hostess and recovered from her dollars valued at Rs 3.21 crore at the IGIA. The woman was about to board a flight bound to Hong Kong and was a part of a bigger hawala syndicate.

SIMILAR CASES

In January this year, two men who used to procure fake Indian currency notes from Bangladesh and circulate it in Delhi and neighbouring states, also came under the DRI net.

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