Contraband medicine worth Tk 34 lakh recovered at ZIA

By Staff Correspondent
8 August 2006, 18:00 PM
Customs authorities recovered contraband medicine worth around Tk 34 lakh from an abandoned bag at Zia International Airport (ZIA) yesterday.

The bag containing 11,136 Viagra tablets was found in a trolley at the terminal on the ground floor at 2:00pm.

A tag attached to the bag reads 'Abul Khair' and 'Flight No. SV 808', customs sources said, adding that the passenger has arrived from Saudi Arabia.

There was a huge rush when two flights landed at the same time and the passenger managed to evade the intelligence, said a customs official.