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Jet Airways crew member arrested in New Delhi for carrying US dollars worth Rs 3.21 crores

A Jet Airways lady crew member was arrested here on Monday for allegedly carrying US dollars worth Rs 3.21 crore, a Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) official said.

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Indo Asian News Service|Jan 09, 2018, 07:47:53 IST
New Delhi: A Jet Airways lady crew member was arrested in New Delhi on Monday for allegedly carrying US dollars worth Rs 3.21 crore, a Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) official said.[caption id="attachment_4293967" align="alignleft" width="380"]Representational image. Reuters

Representational image. Reuters[/caption]"US dollars valued at Rs 3.21 crore recovered from a lady crew member of a Hong Kong bound Jet Airways flight last night at Indira Gandhi International airport," said the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence in a statement.Later, confirming the arrest, a Jet Airways statement said: "During an inspection by a DRI team, a large sum of foreign currency was recovered from an employee of the airline. The employee has been taken into custody.""Based on the investigations and inputs from law enforcement agencies, the airline will take further action," the statement added.

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First Published:Jan 09, 2018, 07:47:53 IST
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