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JAISALMER: Customs officials continue to find cases and recover Indian currency from passengers coming from Pakistan by Thar Express . A customs department personnel while searching a Pak woman at Munabao railway station on Saturday seized Rs 70,000 of Indian currencies she was carrying. A penalty of Rs 4,000 was imposed on her.

Customs assistant commissioner M L Shera deployed at Munabao railway station said, "On Saturday, after Thar Express came from Pakistan and passengers were checked, Indian currency worth Rs 70,000 was recovered from a Pak citizen named Sayeeda Khatoon."

He said that a Pak citizen cannot bring Indian currency but the woman had carried it by mistake because of which she had to submit the entire amount along with a penalty of Rs 4,000. An Indian citizen, while going to Pakistan, can carry Indian currencies up to Rs 25,000 and can bring the same amount back to India. However, no Pak citizen is allowed to bring Indian currency from Pakistan to India, added Shera.

As per the directions by customs commissioner Subhash Chandra Agarwal there is a strict surveillance and passengers go through severe checks on the railway station. Last month, customs department recovered fake currencies of Rs 94,000 from a Pak citizen at Munabao railway station.

