Airport Armed Police Battalion (AAP) members on Monday morning detained a man along with currencies of eight countries worth Tk 2.5 crore from the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
The detainee was identified as Jahangir Gazi, 36.
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Additional Superintendent (media) of AAP Md Jiaul Haque said tipped off, they detained Gazi right after he completed his boarding pass and initially recovered 50,000 Saudi Riyal from his possession.
“Later we scanned all of his belongings and recovered the rest of the currencies,” he added.