3 ‘human traffickers’ held in Dhaka

Police in a drive held three suspected members of an international human trafficking gang from different parts of the capital including Uttara, Banani and old part of Dhaka on Thursday night.

The arrestees are Al Azad, 27, Firoz Ahmed, 28, and Krishna Gopal Dey. Around Tk 15 lakh, several mobile phone sets and some fake application forms seeking refugee status in different countries were recovered from their possession.

Abdullah Hil Baki, special superintendent of police of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) ensured this to journalist.

During primary interrogation, the detainees confessed that several people from India, Bangladesh, Indonesia and a Romania born Australian citizen are involved in the human trafficking gang, Baki claimed.