TDS Desk:

A Dubai-bound passenger was detained at the Chattogram airport along with foreign currency worth Tk 2.44 crore on Thursday.

The members of National Security Intelligence (NSI) and Customs Intelligence and Investigation Department (CIID) in a joint operation detained the passenger.

Md Jakir Hossain, a resident of Dhaka, had boarded a US-Bangla Airlines flight from Dhaka’s Shahjalal International Airport to go to Dubai via Chattogram around 8:00am.

Upon arrival at Shah Amanat International Airport, he was caught with a total of 770,000 Saudi Riyal worth around Tk2.31 crore and 46,000 UAE Dirham, equivalent to Tk13.80 lakh.

Group Captain Shaikh Abdullah Alamgir, director of Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram, confirmed the incident.