The Customs has imposed a total penalty of ₹4.9 crore on the six accused in the dollar smuggling case involving a former diplomat of the UAE Consulate in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
As per an order issued by the Commissioner of Customs (Preventive), Kochi, under the Section 114 (penalty for attempt to export goods improperly) of the Customs Act, 1962 on October 30, 2023, Khaled Mohamed Ali Shoukry, former finance head of the UAE Consulate in Thiruvananthapuram, has to remit a penalty of ₹1.3 crore for smuggling foreign currency amounting to $1,90,000 (valued at ₹1.3 crore) to Cairo, Egypt, from the Thiruvananthapuram international airport on August 7, 2019 by concealing it in handbags.
