Azerbaijani customs officers confiscate large amount of money from Japanese citizens

Azerbaijani customs officers confiscated a large amount of undeclared notes from Japanese citizens. Japanese citizens Katsunori Hedo and Kota Kido arrived at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport and entered the customs control zone to fly to Turkey via the Baku - Istanbul flight, and from there to China, to Hong Kong city, the State Customs Committee said.

When passing customs control the Main Customs Department’s employee asked these passengers whether they have things on them or in luggage, which must be declared. They said they are not carrying a currency or other items that need to be declared.

But Hedo’s behavior caused suspicion of the customs officer, and he was taken for control. The customs officer warned Aviation Security Department’s employee to thoroughly inspect Hedo and his luggage when passage border control by technical means.

When a green backpack belonging to Hedo passed through "X-ray" apparatus, the monitor displayed images that looked like money.

During the inspection of the backpack, 1,283 notes with nominal of 100 manat each, which were not declared during the oral inquiry, have been seized.

After that Hedo was checked, and additional 43,000 Japanese yen, 5,000 Iranian rials, 3,840 HK dollar, 1,360 Philippine pesos, 1,032 U.S. dollars, 355 euros, 512 Chinese yuan and 40 liras have been seized from him.

His companion Kido was re-checked, because customs officers suspected that he didn’t declare those items that need to be declared.

When inspecting personal belongings in Kido’s bag, 1,200 undeclared notes with nominal of 100 manat each was seized from a plastic bag, which were not declared during the oral inquiry. After that Kido was checked, and additional 670,000 Japanese Yen and 3370 HK dollars have been seized from him.


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