Bangladesh, Aug. 23 -- An Indian national has been detained with 3kg of Kush at Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

Hossain Abdul Kader Sheikh was held at the Green Channel in the arrivals hall on the ground floor of the airport on Saturday afternoon, the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) said in a media statement at night.

Acting on information from an intelligence agency, a special DNC team took position at the airport's Green Channel around 2pm, led by Assistant Director Abu Sayeed Mia.

Kader, 48, who arrived in Dhaka from Bangkok on a Thai Airways flight, was detained on suspicious activity. His trolley bag was searched in the presence of officials from different agencies at the airport.

Three kilograms of Kush, a can...