Drugs worth Tk 200m seized from foreign national at Dhaka airport
Customs officials have detained a Botswana national along with over 3kg of heroin-like granular at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
The detainee is Lesedi Molapisi, of Ramotswa of Botswana, who arrived in Dhaka on Sunday afternoon, reports UNB quoting a release of customs officials.
On secret information, the airport's customs officials and an intelligence agency intercepted the woman while crossing the green channel at around 5:30pm on Sunday, said the release.
After scanning her bag, the customs officials seized over 3kg of heroin-like granular substance worth Tk 200 million in eight polybags, said a customs official.
Chemical tests of the seized drugs have not yet been carried out. The detainee was handed over to airport police, the release added.
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