Customs officials detained a passenger of a Singapore-bound flight with 80,000 Saudi Arabia Riyals at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport early Saturday.

The detainee is Md Asaduzzaman Nur, who was scheduled to fly for Singapore at 8.30 am.

Tipped off, the customs officials detained him with the Saudi Riyals amounting to Tk 23 lakh while he was going for boarding pass around 5.40 am.

A case was filed in this connection.