<h1>Excise seizes Rs 1.2 crore cash on intercity bus; passenger accused of acting as hawala courier, probe continues</h1> Excise officials seized Rs 1.2 crore in cash, suspected to be hawala proceeds, from a passenger on an intercity bus during an anti-narcotics vehicle inspection in Wayanad. The passenger said an unidentified person gave him the bag to deliver to another unknown individual in Kozhikode. Authorities allege he was acting as a courier for a hawala network operating between Kerala and Karnataka. The excise department intends to hand the passenger and the seized cash to police or the Income Tax Department for further investigation into potential hawala and money-laundering offenses.