RAWALPINDI: The Airport Security Force (ASF) offloaded a Chinese national and handed him over to Customs authorities at Islamabad International Airport (IIA) on Thursday for allegedly attempting to smuggle a large amount of foreign currency.

According to airport sources, the passengers’ security check for an Emirates flight to Dubai was in process when ASF staff spotted a large sum of foreign currency in a suitcase and asked to search the passenger.

The search uncovered $60,112, Yuan 3,426 and Rs11,860.

The passenger, identified as Zeng Huiping, was travelling to China via Dubai when he was intercepted by security officials for carrying more foreign currency than the permitted limited.

He was handed over to Customs for legal proceedings.

Published in Dawn, October 18th, 2019

Opinion

Editorial

Digital growth
Updated 25 Apr, 2024

Digital growth

Democratising digital development will catalyse a rapid, if not immediate, improvement in human development indicators for the underserved segments of the Pakistani citizenry.
Nikah rights
25 Apr, 2024

Nikah rights

THE Supreme Court recently delivered a judgement championing the rights of women within a marriage. The ruling...
Campus crackdowns
25 Apr, 2024

Campus crackdowns

WHILE most Western governments have either been gladly facilitating Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, or meekly...
Ties with Tehran
Updated 24 Apr, 2024

Ties with Tehran

Tomorrow, if ties between Washington and Beijing nosedive, and the US asks Pakistan to reconsider CPEC, will we comply?
Working together
24 Apr, 2024

Working together

PAKISTAN’S democracy seems adrift, and no one understands this better than our politicians. The system has gone...
Farmers’ anxiety
24 Apr, 2024

Farmers’ anxiety

WHEAT prices in Punjab have plummeted far below the minimum support price owing to a bumper harvest, reckless...