Jet Airways Hostess Arrested as Authorities Uncover $500,000 Smuggled in Her Luggage

Jet Airways Hostess Arrested as Authorities Uncover $500,000 Smuggled in Her Luggage
An Indian security official looks on as an aircraft of Jet Airways taxies at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Sept. 12, 2012. Raveendran/AFP/GettyImages
Petr Svab
Petr Svab
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A Jet Airways hostess has been arrested in India after she tried to smuggle some $500,000 in cash out of the country.

Devshi Kulshreshtha stood by with a somber expression as the authorities opened her luggage and, beneath clothes and cosmetics, discovered tinfoil-covered packages.

Petr Svab
Petr Svab
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Petr Svab is a reporter covering New York. Previously, he covered national topics including politics, economy, education, and law enforcement.
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