The Illegal Assets Investigation Officers have taken into custody a stock of illegally held foreign currency.
The raid was carried out jointly by the Illegal Assets Investigation Division of the Criminal Investigation Department and the Central Bank of Sri Lanka based on information that money was being exchanged through the Undial system.
The money was found in the possession of a person who was running a travel agency without a license in Petaling Jaya.
Investigators were able to find 2,400 US dollars, 900 Australian dollars, 1,000 sterling pounds, 40,000 Japanese yen and 200 euros in the person’s possession.
Further investigations regarding the incident are being carried out by the Criminal Investigation Department’s Illegal Assets Investigation Division and Central Bank of Sri Lanka officials.