Customs officials have seized €25,000 in undeclared cash following searches at the airport and seaport on Monday.

Officers working at the Malta International Airport departures lounge seized €12,000 from a Maltese passenger who was heading to Istanbul. The man was carrying a total of €22,000 in undeclared cash.

At the seaport officials were carrying out routine screening of passengers arriving in Malta on the ferry from Sicily when they found that a passenger was carrying €22,990 in undeclared cash. The officers seized €12,990. 

According to the law, passengers travelling with more than €10,000 in cash and/or carrying excise goods to or from any EU country must submit a declaration to Customs. If amounts exceeding €10,000 are not declared the difference will be seized by the department, as happened in the above mentioned cases.