Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested a man along with 90,000 US dollars and 1,610 Indian rupees from the Benapole frontier at Sharsha upazila of the district on Wednesday morning.
The detainee was identified as Manik Mia, hailed from Austagram upazila in Kishoreganj district. He was returning home from India.
BGB members detained Manik Mia for his suspicious movement. While searching him, they recovered 90,000 US dollars, 1,610 Indian rupees and Tk 32,000 from inside of a blender machine, an official of the BGB-49 Battalion said.
The estimated market value of the seized currencies is Taka 99,05, 400.
