Ex-minister labels his detention on cash smuggling charge ‘harassment’
Former Islamic Minister Abdul Majeed Abdul Bari was briefly detained Sunday at Sri Lanka’s Bandaranaike Airport for carrying large sums of cash in his handbag.
06 Sep 2016, 9:00 AM
Dr Abdul Majeed Abdul Bari, a former Islamic affairs minister, was briefly detained Sunday at Sri Lanka’s Bandaranaike Airport for carrying large sums of cash in his handbag.
Colombo-based local daily Daily Mirror reported Monday that airport officials had arrested a 53-year-old Maldivian man for trying to “smuggle out” US$45, 000 to the Maldives.
The cash was hidden in his travelling bag, the newspaper said.
Majeed, a member of the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party, denied being arrested and said that he was only questioned by the police.
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