Dhaka, Oct. 15 -- The Department of Narcotics Control, or DNC, has arrested a 40-year-old Indian national named Abhijit Das with 4.28kg of kush, a cannabis-based drug, allegedly concealed under clothes at Dhaka's Shahjalal International Airport.

He was detained at the Green Channel in the ground-floor arrivals hall on Wednesday afternoon, the DNC said in a statement on Wednesday night.

Abhijit Das is from North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal, India.

Acting on a tip-off, a special team led by Md Abu Sayeed Mia, assistant director of the DNC's Dhaka Metro North Shahjalal Airport office, took position at the Green Channel around 1pm, according to the agency.

The team suspected Das of carrying drugs and detained him after he arrived ...