DHAKA: Customs officials seized 6,800,000 lakh Indian rupees from a warehouse at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong yesterday. However, none was arrested in this connection.
Assistant Commissioner of Chittagong Customs House at the airport Abul Kashem told the Dhaka Tribune that during regular inspection customs officials found a carton which had no label around 1pm.
“Later customs official recovered a huge amount of Indian rupees that kept in four wooden plates inside the master box”, said AC Abul Kashem. The AC, however, could not confirm as it genuine or fake rupees.
AC Abul Kashems said “as the box has no label or tag, the customs officials could not found the details information about the carton or its owner who brought the bag”.
Earlier, the Custom Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) personnel had seized a huge amount of fake Indian Rupees on September 9.
