Customs Intelligence officials yesterday held a man with 1.65 crore of Indian rupees at Shahjalal International Airport in the capital.
The detainee, Khalil Bepari, 35, came from Dubai on an Emirates Airlines flight around 7:45am, customs sources said. The seized rupees were worth Tk2.06 crore.
Director General of Customs Intelligence Mainul Islam said: “Khalil brought the money from Karachi, Pakistan via Dubai. He hid the rupees inside a pillow, a blanket, a woman’s bag and a paper packet in a total of 164 bundles.”
“After examining his passport we noticed that he had travelled in the Dhaka-Dubai route 14 times,” he added.
Khalil told the customs officials that he was not the owner of the money. He just brought it from Dubai. However, he did not disclose the name of the real owner to the officials.