Pakistani held with 80 lakh Indian rupees

Indian rupees. File photo

Customs officials arrested a Pakistani national and seized 80 lakh Indian rupees from his possession at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport this evening.
Imran Mahmud, arrived at the airport from Karachi via Doha by a flight of Qatar Airways around 6:00pm, Kazi Md Ziauddin, a joint commissioner of customs, told The Daily Star.
On information, a team of customs officials challenged the man at green channel and recovered the currencies from a suitcase he was carrying, the official added.