Foreign currency worth 1 cr seized

Chennai: The

customs

officials at the Chennai airport on Sunday seized foreign currencies worth 97.46 lakh from a passenger bound for SharjahThe accused,

H Wasim Akram of Nagapattinam

, who was bound for Sharjah, was intercepted at the check-in counter at the international terminal. Customs officials asked him to move aside and scanned his baggage. While it looked like a regular backpack, the officials found that the bag had a concealed cavity in which bundles of Saudi Riyals and Emirati Dirhams had been hidden.Wasim Akram was arrested under

Customs Act

after officials seized the cash valued at 97.46 lakh