ASF seize gold, jewellery, foreign currency at Sukkar airport

SUKKUR: The Airport Security Force (ASF  foiled a money laundering bid at the Sukkur airport and seized wads of foreign currency notes and gold jewellery on Friday.

 According to ASF officials, during routine checking the baggage of the passengers the ASF officials recovered four lakh and 50 thousand dollars and two thousand dirhams, as well as gold jewellery weighing five kilograms, from the baggage of the passengers, including a woman.

The ASF officials said passengers were traveling to Karachi via a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight, PK-531, for their onward flight to fly out of the country.

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The ASF officials handed over the arrested passengers to customs officials for legal formalities.