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 The detained suitcases at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport holding $2 dozen million in cash belonged to three Azerbaijani and one Iranian who arrived in Moscow from Istanbul are supposed were prepared for terrorists, “Vzgliad” writes.

It’s worth reminding that the Russian frontiers arrested in Vnukovo airport 3 Azerbaijani and a citizen of Iran, who were intended to pass illegally $2 dozen million holding suitcases and to import them into Russia.

Russian officials launched a criminal case and an investigation got under way. The article of the criminal code corresponding to the case defines 5 years of imprisonment for the arrested.

“That amount of money could be transferred to bank or to a terrorist group to buy armament,” Russian “Vzgliad” writes referring to Russian Customs Service.

The passengers attempted to enter the country without declaring the $14.5 million and 4.1 million euros ($5.4 million) they carried in four suitcases and four backpacks, the Federal Customs Service said on its web site.

The bills, in $100 and 500 euro denominations, weighed 400 kilograms, said Larisa Ledovskikh, a spokeswoman for the customs service.

Customs officers said that this is a particularly large sum and said they haven’t seen anything like it.