The Customs Department has invoked the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities (COFEPOSA) Act against an Afghan national, who was arrested with foreign currency from the international airport here last month, officials said here on Tuesday.
The customs authorities on June 13 had seized undeclared foreign currency worth Rs 10.86 crore from Mohammad Seddiq Yousufi, who was going to Dubai from the airport.
Yousufi's arrest was recorded on June 14 under various provisions of the Customs Act, 1962, and was produced before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Economic Offence Court, Ernakulam.