Foreign currencies worth Tk 125.1m seized at Dhaka airport

Aviation security force at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Monday seized huge amount of foreign currencies, including over 5.47 million Saudi Riyal and 20,200 Singapore dollars, which worth Tk 125.1 million (12.51 crore) at the airport, reports UNB.

Group Captain AHM Touhid-ul-Ahsan, executive director of the airport, said a carton of a courier service named ‘Star Express Line’ was scheduled to go to Singapore from Export cargo village of the airport.

Suspecting something fishy, a member of the aviation security force checked the carton and found the foreign currencies.

However, no arrest was made in this connection.