Three held with foreign currency worth over Rs 160 million

July 19, 2016 11:54 am

Three suspects including two women have been arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake for attempting to smuggle foreign currency worth around Rs 166 million out of the country.

The currency was found concealed in the bottom of two bags which were inside the baggage of a woman who was preparing to board Dubai-bound Qatar Airways flight QR-69 at 3.25am this morning (19).

The stacks of foreign currency included Euros, Kuwaiti Dinar, Saudi Riyal and Omani Rial.

A woman preparing to travel to Dubai was arrested along with a man and woman who accompanied her, customs director Parakrama Basnayake told Ada Derana.

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