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They were all Indian nationals, but they arrived in Bangladesh from Thailand. When airport officials searched them, they found Thai baht, Indian rupees, US dollars -- and kush, a drug still relatively unfamiliar in Bangladesh.

In July and August this year, officials of the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) arrested six Indian nationals at Dhaka's Shahjalal Interna...