Baghdad Airport money smuggling plot foiled

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Baghdad International Airport Customs foiled an attempt to smuggle foreign currency to Turkey, a Ministry of Interior statement said today.  The statement, a copy of which was received by IraqiNews.com, added that a sum of 66,000 thousand U.S. dollars was found with a Turkish passenger.  No other details were given, except that this sum of money was deposited in the airport’s Rasheed Bank. RM (TP)/SR 695