MUMBAI: Marine Drive police on Wednesday night found Singapore dollars amounting to around Rs 9 crore being taken in a cash carrying van.
They informed the customs department, a static surveillance team of EC and the income tax department. An initial inquiry revealed that the money belonged to a bank.
At the time of going to the press, the money was not returned to the bank.
“Since the value exceeded Rs 10 lakh, we did not open the sealed van or the lock,” said a police officer. “No case was registered.”
The inquiry showed that the foreign currency was sent from Singapore to a Mumbai bank. It was cleared at the airport and was being taken to the bank, said the officer. Bank officials produced the relevant documents, which were being examined by govt officials.
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Read MoreMateen Hafeez, special correspondent at The Times of India in Mumbai, reports on terrorism, underworld, cybercrime and organized crime syndicates. He also writes about the jails in Maharashtra and focuses on human interest stories. He has covered the Ghatkopar bomb blast, Vile Parle bomb blast, Mulund train blast, train serial blasts in 2006, 26/11 terror attacks and Pune's German Bakery bomb blast. He has a special interest in Urdu fiction written by Ibn-e-Safi.
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