Authorities at Cairo International Airport managed Sunday to arrest a passenger who tried to smuggle 180.000 pounds to Qatar in violation to law.

An official source at the airport said that the authorities suspected an Egyptian passenger from Dakahliya and works as a mechanic, adding that after searching his luggage the sum of money was found.

The Interior Minister Assistant for Cairo Airport Security Fahmy Megahed ordered taking needed legal measures against the passenger.

The authorities nabbed also an Egyptian passenger who tried to travel to Germany via Greece with a fake visa. 

Source: MENA