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Kerala: DRI recovers Rs. 45.69 lakh concealed in bunch of bananas

ANI Kozhikode (Kerala) [India]

Last Updated : Feb 01 2017 | 8:48 AM IST

Officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized unaccounted Saudi riyal worth Rs 45.69 lakh from two Dubai-bound passengers at the Kozhikode Airport on Thursday.

According to DRI officials, the currency was cleverly concealed in a bunch of bananas in the check-in luggage of the two passengers.

The passengers were scheduled to travel to Dubai on Indigo flight 6E-88 when the DRI officials acting on a tip off intercepted them.

Further details are awaited.

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First Published: Feb 01 2017 | 8:35 AM IST