KARACHI: The Customs authorities at Jinnah International Airport have foiled a money-laundering bid and arrested two women for attempting to smuggle more than Rs5 million in foreign currency to Dubai.
According to a Customs Preventive Force (CPF) spokesperson Mohammad Irfan, the two women were attempting to smuggle 120,000 Saudi Riyals, 50,000 Emirati Dirhams and 500,000 Japanese Yen, which were recovered from them during a body search at the airport on Thursday night.
The spokesman said that the CPF has presented the two accused women in court today (Friday), where their three-day physical remand was granted.