Thursday, March 15, 2012

3 Held With Tk 11cr Foreign Currency


DHAKA NEWS

Three Bangladeshis were arrested at Shahjalal International Airport in the capital Wednesday night for carrying foreign currencies worth around Tk 11.11 crore.

The arrestees are Mosharraf Hossain, 30, Md Mamun Al Azad alias Sumon, 35, and Md Jewel Hossain, 27.

A team of Rapid Action Battalion-1 arrested the trio from the immigration around 11:00pm, said Maj Saifullah Md Walid, deputy director of legal and media wing of Rapid Action Battalion.

The team seized US dollar, British pound, Saudi Riyal and Dubai Dirham worth Tk 11.11 crore their possession.

Among the arrestees, Mosharraf and Sumon are members of international money smuggling syndicate while Jewel is the driver of Sumon, Rab sources said.

Sumon was smuggling the currencies out of the country with the help of Mosharraf, who was going to New York by an Emirates Airlines flight following a stopover in Dubai, the sources said.

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