New Delhi: Customs officials seized foreign currency worth of Rs. 10 crores, at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi. The customs officials arrested three Tajikistan Nationals on Friday and seized the foreign currency, it is a biggest ever in country.

According to the customs official’s source, the foreign currency was reportedly concealed inside shoes kept in the luggage. The accused were intercepted by the officials when they were proceeding to board a flight to Istanbul.

The officials in a statement said that on thorough checking of their bags they found and recovered foreign currency USD 7, 20,000 and Euro 4, 66,200, equivalent to Indian Currency Rs. 10.6 crore. The investigation is under progress, said in a statement. This is the biggest ever case of smuggling of foreign currency through any airport in India. Among the arrested persons a minor also there, said in a statement.