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UAE: Dubai Airport foils attempt to smuggle fake travelers checks

Global Arab Network - - Mohammed Almasri

Monday, 20 December 2010 16:47

UAE (Dubai) - Dubai Customs' inspectors at Dubai International Airport foiled an attempt to smuggle fake traveller’s checks in Dollar and Euro with a total value of DHS12 million, as well as a number of other fake bank checks, Global Arab Network reports according to WAM.

Ali Maqhawi, Director of the Custom's Airport Operations said that one of the female inspectors in the airport's terminal 3 suspected the passenger's bag. She manually inspected it and found 3471 fake traveller's check papers.

The value of the dollar traveller's checks mounted to $ 1.032 million (Dhs 3.79 million), and all of them were of the 500 dollar category. The other Euro checks had a value of 1.68 million Euros (Dhs 8.33 million) and were in 500 and 200 Euro categories. There were also 174 bank checks suspected of being fake as well. They were all hidden inside three cartoon boxes in the clothes bag.

Al Maqhawi added that the passenger was carrying a passport of an African state with a "businessman" in the occupation column, and during the investigation he denied any connection with the checks claiming that he received them from one of the passengers at departure's airport because he had excess weight in luggage, and that he was supposed to return them to him at arrival in Dubai.

The passenger was transferred to public administration for airport security at Dubai police to take the suitable procedures against him.

Director of the Custom's Airport Operations said that forging traveller's checks and credit cards started to grow recently. Some people would try to market these fake credits in flourished markets. He expressed his pride in inspection staff, and their high customs skills that improve day by day.
(WAM)

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