Hyderabad, Oct. 24 -- Based on specific intelligence, officers of DRI HZU intercepted one male Indian passenger who was scheduled to depart from RGIA, Hyderabad, to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, by AirAsia Flight AK-68 on Friday, October 23.

During examination of his cabin baggage, foreign currency comprising USD 66,600, MYR 3,773 and SGD 2, collectively valued at approximately Rs 63.62 lakh, was recovered concealed inside a black plastic cover kept among clothes in his trolley bag.

During preliminary questioning, it was revealed that another female passenger was also travelling with him on the same flight on a different PNR. Immediately, surveillance was mounted, and the said female passenger was identified and intercepted. Examination of he...