Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) officials arrested an American national with a powerful drone at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on early Tuesday.
The arrestee was identified as Mark Rumam Kutrobsira, 22.
Tipped off, the CIID officials arrested Mark Rumam while he was waiting at the boarding lounge of the airport for going to America by a flight of China Southern Airlines, Dr Moinul Islam Khan, director general of CIID.
He came to Bangladesh with the drone of DJI brand by an Emirate Airways flight on January 26 last without any valid document or pre-declaration.
During primary interrogation Mark Rumam said he used this drone to capture photos and videos in different places in the country.
