€15.2m uncovered at Moscow airport

Moscow: Russian authorities detained four men who arrived at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport on a flight from Istanbul with €15.2 million in cash.

Three Azeri citizens and one Iranian attempted to enter the country without declaring the $14.5m and €4.1m they carried in four suitcases and four backpacks, the Federal Customs Service said on its website.

The bills, in $100 and €500 denominations, weighed almost 63 stone, Larisa Ledovskikh, a spokeswoman for the customs service, said by phone in Moscow.