2 held with smuggled drugs at Shahjalal airport
Dhaka: Members of Airport Armed Police (AAP) detained two people carrying a large quantity of contraband medicines worth Tk12 lakh at Shahjalal International Airport in the capital on Friday night.
The detainees are Russell, believed to be 28, and Rakibul Hasan, thought to be 32, residents of Munshiganj.
AAP assistant police super Tanjina Akhter said a flight of Malaysian Airlines, HM-112, landed at the airport at about 8:20pm.
Tipped off, a team of the AAP seized diabetes medicines and eye drops from canopy 1 of the airport at about 9.30pm and detained the two passengers.