The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police in separate drives at three illegal money exchange houses at different areas in the city arrested 14 people on Wednesday.
Acting on a tip-off, a special team of CID conducted drives simultaneously at five locations in Dhaka city – Gulshan-1, Ring Road, Mohammadpur, Ashkona, AB Market and China Market in Uttara and arrested 14 people with huge amount of local and foreign currencies.
The detainees are: Abu Talha alias Taharat Hossain Toha, 32, Asadul Sheikh , 32, Hasanat Molla, 19, Abdul Quddus, 24, Hasnat A Chowdhury,46, Shamsul Huda Chowdhury alias Ripon, 40, Suman Mia, 30, Tapon Kumar Das, 45, Abdul Quddus, 32, Quamruzzaman Rasel, 37, Moniruzaman, 40, Newaz Biswas,30, Abul Hasnat, 40, and Shahjahan Sarker, 45.
During the drive, a total of Tk 1,961,376, including foreign currencies of 19 countries worth Tk 11,119,826, were seized from their possession.
The CID has recently started conducting drives against illegal money exchange business and money laundering abroad through hundi.
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