A passenger, identified as Owais Farooq, was arrested on September 2, at the Islamabad Airport for carrying PKR 3.1 million counterfeit currency, reports Samaa TV. Owais Farooq was travelling to Dubai via flight number EK-613. He was in the waiting lounge when intelligence personnel stopped him and checked him again. He was carrying 45,000 Dirhams (United Arab Emirates currency) and 25,000 Riyals (Saudi Arabia currency), according to the authorities.