ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Customs officials have arrested a passenger for attempting to smuggle foreign currency at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport.
Pakistan Customs said that €60,000 – over Rs7 million – were recovered from a passenger en route to Dubai. The passenger has not yet been identified. Officials said further interrogation from the suspect is under way.
Currency regulations in Pakistan permit passengers to legally take out of the country a maximum of $10,000 or its equivalent in other foreign currencies.
In March 2015, model Ayyan Ali was arrested at the Islamabad airport by the Airport Security Force for allegedly attempting to smuggle over $500,000 to the United Arab Emirates. She has since been released on bail while a case is under way.
