Sri Lankan Arrested at BIA with Foreign Currency Worth Rs. 47 Million

A Sri Lankan 28-year-old male passenger who attempted to illegally transport a stock of various foreign currency to Singapore worth 47.3 million rupees has been arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport yesterday (5).

He was arrested by the Sri Lanka Customs officers with foreign currency including US dollars, Euros, Japanese Yen, Norwegian Krones, Saudi Riyals, Omani rial, Swiss francs, Danish Krones and Hong Kong dollars.

The Airport Customs are being carried out further investigations.

Meanwhile in a separate detection, customs officers at the departure area of BIA have also detained a 50-year-old Iranian passenger attempting to smuggle Rs 350,000, US$ 8,000 and Malaysian ringgit 2,000  out of the country.