Man held with foreign currency worth Tk 22.55 lakh at Dhaka airport
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Customs Intelligence officials detained a man with foreign currencies equivalent to Tk 22.55 lakh at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport early today.
Habibur Rahman Onit (43) was detained at the airport as he was trying to board an Istanbul-bound Turkish Airlines flight around 3:45am, said a press release signed by Tanvir Ahmed, assistant director of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate.
On information, officials intercepted him and found 90,000 Saudi riyal and 20,000 UAE dirham worth Tk 22.55 lakh in total, after searching his luggage, it added.
Onit could not show any paper or approval for taking the currency abroad. He was handed over to Airport Police Station.
Two cases were filed against him.
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