Foreign currencies worth Tk 12.51 crore seized at Dhaka airport
Members of the Aviation Security Force of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Monday seized a 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.