A 60-year-old man will appear in court today after he was caught trying to smuggle R10 million in US dollars to Dubai.

According to the Hawks, its Serious Organised Crime Unit and Customs officials at OR Tambo International Airport arrested the Pakistani national on Tuesday as he was to board an Emirates flight to Dubai.

“A routine search was conducted at a departure check-in point and authorities recovered USD money equivalent to R10 million concealed in a foil inside the suspect’s luggage,” the Hawks said.

The suspect, who is based in Durban, was arrested on the spot.

“He has been charged with the Contravention of Section 15(1)b of the Customs and Excise Act 91 of 1964 and Contravention of Exchange Control Act, which states that a traveller could only have a maximum of R25 000 in South African currency or R150 000 in foreign currency while travelling abroad.”

This is the second incident in two months.

In October Madiha Rafiq was arrested at the same airport on the same charges. Rafiq is out on R40 000 bail and his case was postponed to February 2017 for further investigation.