A Libyan man who was arrested while carrying a large amount of undeclared cash at the airport had the money confiscased today and was fined an additional €6,000.

Giuma Elghazir,  28, was arrested on Thursday on his arrival from Tripoli. He was found in possession of €18,250 and $ 8,060 of undeclared cash.

The court in convicting him, also found that he had violated the conditions of a previous court sentence and ordered the fine, while confiscating the money.

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