Pak national held with foreign currency
Customs officials yesterday seized foreign currency worth Tk 38.5 lakh from a Pakistani national at Zia International Airport (ZIA) in the city yesterday.
The Pakistani national, Siddique Rahman, 45, was carrying Indian Rupees 24.98 lakh in his bag. He was scheduled to fly to Nepal.
The customs officials searched his bag only to find the money when he was crossing the green channel at around 11:00am.
Later, he was handed over to the Airport police.
In a separate drive, the customs officials seized contraband drugs worth about Tk 50 lakh at the Airfreight Storage.
The officials said the drugs were being taken out of the airfreight storage as garments items.
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