Dhaka, Aug 26 (V7N) – Customs Intelligence officials have arrested a Guyanese national, MS Karen Petula Staffel, at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport with 8.5 kilograms of cocaine worth an estimated Tk 130 crore.

The arrest was made in the early hours of Monday (August 25) after a Qatar Airways flight from Doha landed in Dhaka around 2:30 am.

According to a press release from the Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation, the operation was launched based on confidential intelligence reports about possible drug smuggling through the flight.

Customs officers identified Petula Staffel upon arrival and scanned her baggage. During the search, officials recovered 22 oval-shaped foil-wrapped packs of cocaine concealed in her luggage.

The passenger, along with the recovered narcotics, has been handed over to the Airport Police Station, where a case is being processed under narcotics control laws.

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