Tk 5.5 lakh medicine haul at ZIA

Staff Correspondent
Customs officials at Zia International Airport (ZIA) yesterday seized contraband medicine reportedly worth about Tk 5.5 lakh from two Bangladeshi citizens.

Acting on a tip, the customs intelligence searched the luggage of Jarina Begum and Zahura Begum and found the contraband medicine wrapped in carbon paper.

Jarina and Zahura came to Bangladesh from Pakistan on a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight.

A departmental case was filed.