Memory cards worth Tk 3.16cr seized at HSIA

Customs Intelligence & Investigation Directorate (CIID) on Wednesday seized 1,34,400 pieces of illegally imported memory cards worth about Tk3.16 crore from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA).

Four officials and employees of a courier service company ‘Flybird Express Services’ were also arrested in this regard, said a press release on Friday.

“The memory cards have been brought from Hong Kong illegally through a courier service company Flybird Express Services,” Deputy Director of the Airfreight Unit of the Customs Investigation Department Sanjeeda Khanom told BSS.

The arrested were identified as M Mamun Hossen Mollah, M Tariqul Islam, M Rafiqul Islam and M Kabir Mia.

Meanwhile, the Customs Intelligence team of the Courier Unit took positions at different places in the Import Cargo Complex at the airport under the direction of the director general based on a tip-off.