Woman arrested with USD 30,000 at Benapole

Border Guard Bangladesh arrested a woman with USD 30,000 from the international passenger terminal at Benapole Check-post this evening (July 19, 2022).

The arrestee is Zareen Sultana (35) of Ashulia in Savar, reports our Benapole correspondent quoting Lt Col Shahed Minhaj Siddiqi, commanding officer of BGB-49 Battalion.

Zareen was arrested on information that a Bangladeshi passport-holder was entering Bangladesh with a large sum of US dollars, the BGB official said.

Later, they conducted a raid at the international passenger terminal and recovered $30,000 after searching her.

The woman was handed over to Benapole Port Police Station after a case was filed against her with the police facility, he informed.