Members of Aviation Security Force of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Monday seized huge amount of foreign currencies including 54.75 lakh Saudi riyals and 20,200 Singapore dollars worth Tk 12.51 crore from a carton at the airport.
Group Captain AHM Touhid-ul-Ahsan, executive director of the airport, said the carton of a courier service named ‘Star Express Line’ was scheduled to go to Singapore from Export cargo village of the airport.
Suspecting something wrong, a member of the Aviation Security Force checked the carton and found the foreign currencies.
However, no one was arrested in this connection.
Source: United News of Bangladesh