One held with foreign currencies at Dhaka airport

Armed Police Battalion on Monday arrested a person with foreign currencies tantamount to Tk 2.5 crore at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

Ziaul Haque Palash, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) of APBN identified the arrestee as Jahangir Gazi who was apprehended from a Turkish Airlines flight early this morning.

The police official said APBN personnel searched Gazi’s body after he denied having foreign currency with him, and seized eight foreign coins hidden in his shirt along with Saudi riyals worth Tk 11.65 lakh.

He also possessed currencies of US, Malaysia, Europe, Oman, Kuwait, Thailand and Dubai.

A cloth trader by profession, Jahangir did not do any trade for the past two years. His passport shows he had travelled abroad for at least 128 times in this period, said Ziaul.

The official said that legal action would be taken against him under customs law.

Carrying foreign currency without previous notice is illegal according to the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act and Customs Act.

The law enforcers have previously arrested Bangladeshis trying to smuggle foreign currencies from the Dhaka airport.