A man was arrested in south India by income tax officials last week (April 20) after it was discovered he was smuggling over £250,000 worth of Indian rupees in a spare tyre from his car.

Video shows the cash being retrieved from a hole in the car tyre, adding up to a reported 2.30 crore, or 23,000,000 INR, after the man had attempted to cross from Bangalore to Shimoga and Bhadravati in Karnataka state.

The money was kept in 2000 INR cash stacks and the owner of the vehicle was taken into custody for interrogation.

A man Named girish has been arrested by Income Tax department on 20th April transporting cash from bengaluru to bhadravati in karnataka- cash worth over 2.30 crore was recovered from the spare tyre in the car - Based on credible intelligence that cash would be transported from Bangalore to Shimoga and Bhadravati, Girish, a cash handler was kept under constant surveillance. when he was on the way from Bangalore to Bhadravati in Mahindra Scorpio car, he was intercepted and his vehicle was searched. Cash in Rs.2000 denomination was found stuffed inside the stepney wheel of the vehicle. IT department took him in custody for interrogation