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That many people for 18000 dollars ????, its peanuts ...
Yesterday, this is another much bigger burst .....120 million rupees ..
Bid to smuggle foreign currency foiled
The Newspaper's Staff ReporterPublished January 30, 2022 - Updated a day ago
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KARACHI: Pakistan Customs and Airport Security Force on Saturday arrested two Dubai-bound passengers at Karachi airport and seized a huge amount of foreign currency from them.
Suspects Ubaid Siddiqui and Aqsa Siddiqui were travelling to Dubai from Jinnah International Airport when they were searched and Euros 616,000, approximately around Rs120 million, were recovered.
According to a press release, Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin commended the Custom’s action in its ongoing drive against money laundering and currency smuggling.
Published in Dawn, January 30th, 2022
Currency smuggling Vs hostile agency's racket; are different in nature. 18K US$ is merely a referred amount. The whole chain is brought down. If we are looking at money laundering then in-fact $18K is a peanut but here we are looking at financing a certain group or sleeper cells for other activities. Then we calculate the value of US$180000 in Pakistani money and viola; it is just the amount being recovered. Imagine the amount they would have dispersed/distributed already. The subjected case is not just a currency smuggling but a foreign intel agency's network.