A civil aviation staff was arrested on Friday night with currencies of 11 countries worth about Tk 5.85 lakh from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, a police official said.
Acting on secret information, a civil team of the Armed Police Battalion arrested Mohammad Abdur Rahman, a staff of civil aviation from mosque area of the airport and seized the foreign currencies from his possession, assistant police super of APBN Zahed Parvez Chowdhury said.
The currencies include $100, Singapore dollar 170, Euro 720, British pound 105, Indian rupee 1,210, Bahrain Dinar 25.50, Qatar Riyal 2,248, Oman Riyal 25, Malaysian Ringgit 400, UE Dirham 2,075 and Saudi Riyal, 19,200.
During preliminary interrogation Rahman said he had long been siphoned off foreign currencies with the help of six officials and employees of Biman Bandar branch of Janata Bank — Arshad, Babar Ali, Mahbub, Ahshan Habib, Ataur Rahman, Harun.
A case was lodged against them with Biman Bandar police station in this regard.
