Currency smugglers nabbed

18 January 2011 07:07 am

By Gandhya Senanayake & Supun Dias

Customs officers at the Bandaranaike International Airport today detained two Chinese nationals who tried to smuggle foreign currency worth of Rs. 9 million to China via Hon Kong, Customs Superintendent Parakrama Basnayake told Daily Mirror online

The two suspects had planned to travel to China in a Hong Kong-bound flight today, Customs officials said.

The currency which was hidden inside the luggage of the two suspects has an estimated worth of Rs. 9 million consisting of US Dollars, Chinese Yuans and other currencies. 

Customs officers at he BIA are conducting further inquires. (Daily Mirror online)