<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Bangladesh Police arrested 14 hundi traders involved in illegal and over-the-rate transactions while conducting drives in Dhaka.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">Legal action has also been taken against three money exchangers – Gulshan’s JMCH Pvt Ltd, Mohammadpur’s Alam &amp; Brothers, and Ashkona’s Taimur Money Exchange, Mohammad Ali Mia, Additional IGP of CID, told media at CID headquarters in Malibagh, Dhaka today.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Currently, there are 235 licensed legal money exchangers in Bangladesh. According to information received from the related organisations, more than 1,000 illegal money exchangers are operating in Bangladesh.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">Besides, there are many floating, illegal businesses in various areas including Motijheel, Gulshan, Uttara and near the Dhaka airport, said the CID officer.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Tipped-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 – on Tuesday and arrested 14 people with huge amount of local and foreign currencies.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">During the drive, a total of Tk 1,99,61,376, including foreign currencies of 19 countries worth Tk 1,11,19,826, were seized from their possession.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The arrestees trade foreign currency without the permission (license) of Bangladesh Bank through their own offices and floating operations in different areas of the capital.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">During primary interrogation, the arrestees admitted that each of the mentioned businesses illegally trade foreign currency worth about Tk 70-75 lakh daily.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Cases will be filed against the arrestees under the Special Powers Act, 1974, said the officer. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>