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Record cocaine haul seized in Bangladesh's main airport

Jan 26, 2024

Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 26: A total of 8.3 kg cocaine was seized in Bangladesh's main airport in capital Dhaka on Wednesday night by the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) in the South Asian country's biggest drug bust.
Tanvir Momtaz, the DNC's director, told journalists on Thursday that a Malawian woman has been arrested in connection with the seizure.
He said the contraband was being carried by the woman who entered Bangladesh from the African country of Ethiopia.
Tipped off that a consignment of cocaine would arrive in Dhaka via an African national on a Qatar Airways flight, he said a joint team of the airport Armed Police Battalion and the DNC conducted a raid and found the contraband from her luggage.
"This seizure of solid cocaine is the biggest in Bangladesh's history," said the official, adding the estimated street value of the cocaine is around 1 billion taka (about 10 million U.S. dollars).
Source: Xinhua

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