CIID arrest man with foreign currencies at HSIA

Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) officials arrested a man along with foreign currencies worth Tk 12.8 million (1.28 crore) in city's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the city early Thursday, reports UNB.

Md Mamun Miah, 41, a resident of Gukulnagar village in Sirajdhikhan upazila of Munshiganj, was arrested before boarding a flight of Malaysian Airlines Flight.

Tipped off, the CIID team was monitoring Mamun's movement after he completed his immigration formalities. When Mamun was about to board the aircraft, CIID officials challenged him around 2:00am, said director general of the CIID Dr Moinul Khan.

After searching his hand bag, they recovered the foreign currencies.