Three Nigerians, including a child, have been detained in Sylhet for illegally entering Bangladesh from India, officials said Thursday.
The detainees have been identified as Emmanuel Nnamdi Ohagwam, 42, his three-and-a-half-year-old daughter, and Paul Ebeodi Okechukwu, 27.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of intelligence agencies nabbed the trio from near the Tamabil land port on Thursday morning.
A laptop, nine mobile phone handsets, three passports, a driving licence, an Indian Aadhaar card, a Nigerian ID card, $1,600, and ₹280 in cash were seized from the detainees.
Later, they were handed over to the Gowainghat police station.
Confirming the matter to Dhaka Tribune, Gowainghat police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Parimal Dev said that the Nigerian nationals “are now being questioned.”
Earlier on June 29, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained a 31-year-old Nigerian national in Sylhet for allegedly sneaking into Bangladesh from India through the Tamabil land port.
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