A woman from Botswana has been arrested at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) with over 3kg of heroin afternoon.
The 30- year-old woman has been identified as Lesedi Molapisi.
According to multiple sources arrived at the airport on a Qatar Airways flight from South Africa via Doha, reads an official press release.
The sources said the airport’s custom officials, in association with National Security Intelligence (NSI), intercepted the foreigner as she was crossing the green channel.
During initial interrogation, the Botswana woman denied having anything beyond declaration or any drugs in the luggage she was carrying.
However, as the luggage got scanned, powdery and granular substance was found inside her trolley bag.
The officials then opened the luggage and found eight polybags inside carrying 3.145kg heroin worth some Tk20 crore.
